We present high signal-to-noise galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements of the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey constant mass (CMASS) sample using 250 deg(2) of weak-lensing data from Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Stripe 82 Survey. We compare this signal with predictions from mock catalogues trained to match observables including the stellar mass function and the projected and twodimensional clustering of CMASS. We show that the clustering of CMASS, together with standard models of the galaxy-halo connection, robustly predicts a lensing signal that is 2040 per cent larger than observed. Detailed tests show that our results are robust to a variety of systematic effects. Lowering the value of S-8 = sigma(8)root Omega(m)/0.3 compared to Planck Collaboration XIII reconciles the lensing with clustering. However, given the scale of our measurement (r < 10 h(-1) Mpc), other effects may also be at play and need to be taken into consideration. We explore the impact of baryon physics, assembly bias, massive neutrinos and modifications to general relativity on Delta Sigma and show that several of these effects may be non-negligible given the precision of our measurement. Disentangling cosmological effects from the details of the galaxy-halo connection, the effect of baryons, and massive neutrinos, is the next challenge facing joint lensing and clustering analyses. This is especially true in the context of large galaxy samples from Baryon Acoustic Oscillation surveys with precise measurements but complex selection functions. COPYRIGHT 2017 The Authors.

Lensing is low: cosmology, galaxy formation or new physics? / Leauthaud, Alexie; Saito, Shun; Hilbert, Stefan; Barreira, Alexandre; More, Surhud; White, Martin; Alam, Shadab; Behroozi, Peter; Bundy, Kevin; Coupon, Jean; Erben, Thomas; Heymans, Catherine; Hildebrandt, Hendrik; Mandelbaum, Rachel; Miller, Lance; Moraes, Bruno; Pereira, Maria E. S.; Rodríguez Torres, Sergio A.; Schmidt, Fabian; Shan, Huan Yuan; Viel, Matteo; Villaescusa Navarro, Francisco. - In: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0035-8711. - 467:3(2017), pp. 3024-3047. [10.1093/mnras/stx258]

Lensing is low: cosmology, galaxy formation or new physics?

Viel, Matteo;
2017-01-01

Abstract

We present high signal-to-noise galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements of the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey constant mass (CMASS) sample using 250 deg(2) of weak-lensing data from Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Stripe 82 Survey. We compare this signal with predictions from mock catalogues trained to match observables including the stellar mass function and the projected and twodimensional clustering of CMASS. We show that the clustering of CMASS, together with standard models of the galaxy-halo connection, robustly predicts a lensing signal that is 2040 per cent larger than observed. Detailed tests show that our results are robust to a variety of systematic effects. Lowering the value of S-8 = sigma(8)root Omega(m)/0.3 compared to Planck Collaboration XIII reconciles the lensing with clustering. However, given the scale of our measurement (r < 10 h(-1) Mpc), other effects may also be at play and need to be taken into consideration. We explore the impact of baryon physics, assembly bias, massive neutrinos and modifications to general relativity on Delta Sigma and show that several of these effects may be non-negligible given the precision of our measurement. Disentangling cosmological effects from the details of the galaxy-halo connection, the effect of baryons, and massive neutrinos, is the next challenge facing joint lensing and clustering analyses. This is especially true in the context of large galaxy samples from Baryon Acoustic Oscillation surveys with precise measurements but complex selection functions. COPYRIGHT 2017 The Authors.
2017
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3024
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https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.08606
Leauthaud, Alexie; Saito, Shun; Hilbert, Stefan; Barreira, Alexandre; More, Surhud; White, Martin; Alam, Shadab; Behroozi, Peter; Bundy, Kevin; Coupon, Jean; Erben, Thomas; Heymans, Catherine; Hildebrandt, Hendrik; Mandelbaum, Rachel; Miller, Lance; Moraes, Bruno; Pereira, Maria E. S.; Rodríguez Torres, Sergio A.; Schmidt, Fabian; Shan, Huan Yuan; Viel, Matteo; Villaescusa Navarro, Francisco
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