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Large covariance matrices: accurate models without mocks

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Covariance matrix estimation is a persistent challenge for cosmology. We focus on a class of model covariance matrices that can be generated with high accuracy and precision, using a tiny… Click to show full abstract

Covariance matrix estimation is a persistent challenge for cosmology. We focus on a class of model covariance matrices that can be generated with high accuracy and precision, using a tiny fraction of the computational resources that would be required to achieve comparably precise covariance matrices using mock catalogues. In previous work, the free parameters in these models were determined using sample covariance matrices computed using a large number of mocks, but we demonstrate that those parameters can be estimated consistently and with good precision by applying jackknife methods to a single survey volume. This enables model covariance matrices that are calibrated from data alone, with no reference to mocks.

Keywords: matrices accurate; covariance matrices; large covariance; accurate models; models without; covariance

Journal Title: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year Published: 2019

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