Aims. In this paper we present cosmological parameter forecasts for the so-called Euclid 6×2pt statistics, which include the galaxy clustering and weak lensing main probes together with previously neglected cross-covariance and cross-correlation signals between imaging/photometric and spectroscopic data. The aim is understanding the impact of such cross-terms on the expected Euclid performance. Methods. We adopt the Fisher information matrix approach to produce 6×2pt cosmological forecasts from Euclid, considering two different techniques: the so-called harmonic and hybrid approaches, respectively. In the first, we treat all the different Euclid probes in the same way, i.e. we consider only angular 2pt-statistics for spectroscopic and photometric galaxy distributions, as well as for weak lensing, fully analysing all their possible cross-covariances and cross-correlations in the spherical harmonic domain. In the second, thanks to lessons learnt from the harmonic approach, we do not account for negligible cross-covariances between the 3D spectroscopic galaxy distribution and the 2D photometric/imaging data, but consider the combination of their cross-correlation with the auto-correlation signals. Results. We find that both cross-covariances and cross-correlation signals between the two Euclid main probes, i.e. the spectroscopic galaxy sample and the photometric/imaging data, have a negligible impact on the cosmological parameter constraints and, therefore, on the Euclid performance. In the case of the hybrid approach, we attribute this result to the effect of the cross-correlation between weak lensing and photometric data, which is dominant with respect to other cross-correlation signals, and to the better performance of the full anisotropic 3D spectroscopic galaxy clustering with respect to the projected one. In the case of the 2D harmonic approach, we attribute this result to two main theoretical limitations of the 2D projected statistics implemented in this work according to the analysis of Euclid Collaboration: Blanchard et al. (2020): the high shot noise and the limited redshift range of the spectroscopic sample, with respect to the photometric one, together with the suppression of radial information from subdominant contributions such as redshift-space distortions and lensing magnification. Therefore, our analysis suggests that 2D and 3D Euclid data can be safely treated as independent, with a great saving in computational resources.
Euclid preparation: 6x2 pt analysis of Euclid's spectroscopic and photometric data sets
S. Davini;A. Grazian;D. Maino;F. Marulli;L. Moscardini;E. Munari;E. Romelli;E. Rossetti;B. Sartoris;P. Schneider;D. Tavagnacco;A. Biviano;E. Bozzo;M. Tenti;S. Borgani;F. Giacomini;A. GregorioMembro del Collaboration Group
;C. Porciani;M. Tucci;
2024-01-01
Abstract
Aims. In this paper we present cosmological parameter forecasts for the so-called Euclid 6×2pt statistics, which include the galaxy clustering and weak lensing main probes together with previously neglected cross-covariance and cross-correlation signals between imaging/photometric and spectroscopic data. The aim is understanding the impact of such cross-terms on the expected Euclid performance. Methods. We adopt the Fisher information matrix approach to produce 6×2pt cosmological forecasts from Euclid, considering two different techniques: the so-called harmonic and hybrid approaches, respectively. In the first, we treat all the different Euclid probes in the same way, i.e. we consider only angular 2pt-statistics for spectroscopic and photometric galaxy distributions, as well as for weak lensing, fully analysing all their possible cross-covariances and cross-correlations in the spherical harmonic domain. In the second, thanks to lessons learnt from the harmonic approach, we do not account for negligible cross-covariances between the 3D spectroscopic galaxy distribution and the 2D photometric/imaging data, but consider the combination of their cross-correlation with the auto-correlation signals. Results. We find that both cross-covariances and cross-correlation signals between the two Euclid main probes, i.e. the spectroscopic galaxy sample and the photometric/imaging data, have a negligible impact on the cosmological parameter constraints and, therefore, on the Euclid performance. In the case of the hybrid approach, we attribute this result to the effect of the cross-correlation between weak lensing and photometric data, which is dominant with respect to other cross-correlation signals, and to the better performance of the full anisotropic 3D spectroscopic galaxy clustering with respect to the projected one. In the case of the 2D harmonic approach, we attribute this result to two main theoretical limitations of the 2D projected statistics implemented in this work according to the analysis of Euclid Collaboration: Blanchard et al. (2020): the high shot noise and the limited redshift range of the spectroscopic sample, with respect to the photometric one, together with the suppression of radial information from subdominant contributions such as redshift-space distortions and lensing magnification. Therefore, our analysis suggests that 2D and 3D Euclid data can be safely treated as independent, with a great saving in computational resources.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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