Constraints on anisotropic primordial non-Gaussianity from intrinsic alignments of SDSS-III BOSS galaxies

T Kurita, M Takada - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We measure the three-dimensional cross-power spectrum of galaxy density and intrinsic
alignment (IA) fields for the first time from the spectroscopic and imaging data of SDSS-III …

Effective field theory of intrinsic alignments at one loop order: a comparison to dark matter simulations

T Bakx, T Kurita, NE Chisari, Z Vlah… - Journal of Cosmology …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We test the regime of validity of the effective field theory (EFT) of intrinsic alignments (IA) at
the one-loop level by comparing with 3D halo shape statistics in N-body simulations. This …

Quadratic shape biases in three-dimensional halo intrinsic alignments

K Akitsu, Y Li, T Okumura - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding the nonlinear relation between the shapes of halos or galaxies and the
surrounding matter distribution is essential in accurate modeling of their intrinsic alignments …

Statistical anisotropy in galaxy ellipticity correlations

M Shiraishi, T Okumura, K Akitsu - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
As well as the galaxy number density and peculiar velocity, the galaxy intrinsic alignment
can be used to test the cosmic isotropy. We study distinctive impacts of the isotropy breaking …

Toward a Physical Understanding of Galaxy–Halo Alignment

K Xu, YP Jing, D Zhao - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the alignment of galaxy and halo orientations using the TNG300-1
hydrodynamical simulation. Our analysis reveals that the distribution of the 2D misalignment …

Evidence for baryon acoustic oscillations from galaxy–ellipticity correlations

K Xu, YP Jing, GB Zhao, AJ Cuesta - Nature Astronomy, 2023 - nature.com
The baryon acoustic oscillation feature in the clustering of galaxies or quasars provides a
'standard ruler'for distance measurements in cosmology. In this work, we report a 2–3 σ …

A Lagrangian theory for galaxy shape statistics

SF Chen, N Kokron - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We formulate the Lagrangian perturbation theory of galaxy intrinsic alignments and compute
the resulting auto and cross power spectra of galaxy shapes, densities and matter to 1-loop …

Nonlinear redshift space distortion in halo ellipticity correlations: Analytical model and -body simulations

T Okumura, A Taruya, T Kurita, T Nishimichi - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
We present an analytic model of nonlinear correlators of galaxy/halo ellipticities in redshift
space. The three-dimensional ellipticity field is not affected by the redshift-space distortion …

HYMALAIA: a hybrid lagrangian model for intrinsic alignments

F Maion, RE Angulo, T Bakx, NE Chisari… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The intrinsic alignment of galaxies is an important ingredient for modelling weak-lensing
measurements, and a potentially valuable cosmological and astrophysical signal. In this …

Imprints of primordial magnetic fields on intrinsic alignments of galaxies

S Saga, M Shiraishi, K Akitsu, T Okumura - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) are one of the plausible candidates for the origin of the
observed large-scale magnetic fields. While many proposals have been made for the …