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Aims. We combined the LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) second data release (DR2) catalogue with gravitational lensing maps from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to place constraints on the bias evolution of LoTSS-detected radio galaxies, and on the amplitude of matter perturbations. Methods. We constructed a flux-limited catalogue from LoTSS DR2, and analysed its harmonic-space cross-correlation with CMB lensing maps fromPlanck,Cℓgk, as well as its auto-correlation,Cℓgg. We explored the models describing the redshift evolution of the large-scale radio galaxy bias, discriminating between them through the combination of bothCℓgkandCℓgg. Fixing the bias evolution, we then used these data to place constraints on the amplitude of large-scale density fluctuations, parametrised byσ8. Results. We report the significance of theCℓgksignal at a level of 26.6σ. We determined that a linear bias evolution of the formbg(z) =bg,D/D(z), whereD(z) is the growth rate, is able to provide a good description of the data, and we measuredbg,D= 1.41 ± 0.06 for a sample that is flux limited at 1.5 mJy, for scalesℓ< 250 forCℓgg, andℓ< 500 forCℓgk. At the sample’s median redshift, we obtainedb(z= 0.82) = 2.34 ± 0.10. Usingσ8as a free parameter, while keeping other cosmological parameters fixed to thePlanckvalues, we found fluctuations of σ8= 0.75−0.04+0.05. The result is in agreement with weak lensing surveys, and at 1σdifference withPlanckCMB constraints. We also attempted to detect the late-time-integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect with LOFAR data; however, with the current sky coverage, the cross-correlation with CMB temperature maps is consistent with zero. Our results are an important step towards constraining cosmology with radio continuum surveys from LOFAR and other future large radio surveys.
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Cosmology from LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Data Release 2: Cross-correlations with luminous red galaxies from eBOSS
Aims.We cross-correlated galaxies from the LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) second data release (DR2) radio source with the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS) luminous red galaxy (LRG) sample to extract the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) signal and constrain the linear clustering bias of radio sources in LoTSS DR2. Methods.In the LoTSS DR2 catalogue, employing a flux density limit of 1.5 mJy at the central LoTSS frequency of 144 MHz and a signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of 7.5, additionally considering eBOSS LRGs with redshifts between 0.6 and 1, we measured both the angular LoTSS-eBOSS cross-power spectrum and the angular eBOSS auto-power spectrum. These measurements were performed across various eBOSS redshift tomographic bins with a width of Δz = 0.06. By marginalising over the broadband shape of the angular power spectra, we searched for a BAO signal in cross-correlation with radio galaxies, and determine the linear clustering bias of LoTSS radio sources for a constant-bias and an evolving-bias model. Results.Using the cross-correlation, we measured the isotropic BAO dilation parameter asα = 1.01 ± 0.11 atzeff = 0.63. By combining four redshift slices atzeff = 0.63, 0.69, 0.75, and 0.81, we determined a more constrained value ofα = 0.968−0.095+0.060. For the entire redshift range ofzeff = 0.715, we measuredbC = 2.64 ± 0.20 for the constant-bias model,b(z0) =bC, and thenbD = 1.80 ± 0.13 for the evolving-bias model,b(z) =bD/D(z), withD(z) denoting the growth rate of linear structures. Additionally, we measured the clustering bias for individual redshift bins. Conclusions.We detected the cross-correlation of LoTSS radio sources and eBOSS LRGs at a 9.2σstatistical significance for one single redshift bin and at a 14.7σsignificance when the four redshift bins were combined. For the BAO signal, we achieved a significance of 2.2σfor a single redshift bin, 2.7σfor the combined cross-correlation and eBOSS auto-correlation, and 4σfor the combined analysis of four redshift bins in the cross-correlation, when assuming a Gaussian distribution for the BAO dilation parameter.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2108402
- PAR ID:
- 10649498
- Publisher / Repository:
- EDP Sciences
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Volume:
- 698
- ISSN:
- 0004-6361
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- A58
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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