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Cosmic discordance: are Planck CMB and CFHTLenS weak lensing measurements out of tune? by MacCrann, Niall, Zuntz, Joe, Bridle, Sarah, Jain, Bhuvnesh, Becker, Matthew R.

“…We examine the level of agreement between low-redshift weak lensing data and the cosmic microwave background using measurements from the Canada–France–Hawaii…”
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On the Accuracy of Weak-lensing Cluster Mass Reconstructions by Becker, Matthew R, Kravtsov, Andrey V

“…We study the bias and scatter in mass measurements of galaxy clusters resulting from fitting a spherically symmetric Navarro, Frenk, & White model to the…”
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The Aemulus Project. I. Numerical Simulations for Precision Cosmology by DeRose, Joseph, Wechsler, Risa H., Tinker, Jeremy L., Becker, Matthew R., Mao, Yao-Yuan, McClintock, Thomas, McLaughlin, Sean, Rozo, Eduardo, Zhai, Zhongxu

“…The rapidly growing statistical precision of galaxy surveys has led to a need for ever more precise predictions of the observables used to constrain…”
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The Aemulus Project. II. Emulating the Halo Mass Function by McClintock, Thomas, Rozo, Eduardo, Becker, Matthew R., DeRose, Joseph, Mao, Yao-Yuan, McLaughlin, Sean, Tinker, Jeremy L., Wechsler, Risa H., Zhai, Zhongxu

“…Existing models for the dependence of the halo mass function on cosmological parameters will become a limiting source of systematic uncertainty for cluster…”
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The Aemulus Project. III. Emulation of the Galaxy Correlation Function by Zhai, Zhongxu, Tinker, Jeremy L., Becker, Matthew R., DeRose, Joseph, Mao, Yao-Yuan, McClintock, Thomas, McLaughlin, Sean, Rozo, Eduardo, Wechsler, Risa H.

“…Using the N-body simulations of the Aemulus Project, we construct an emulator for the nonlinear clustering of galaxies in real and redshift space. We construct…”
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A redefinition of the halo boundary leads to a simple yet accurate halo model of large-scale structure by García, Rafael, Rozo, Eduardo, Becker, Matthew R, More, Surhud

“…ABSTRACT We present a model for the halo–mass correlation function that explicitly incorporates halo exclusion and allows for a redefinition of the halo…”
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A Cohesive Deep Drilling Field Strategy for LSST Cosmology by Gris, Philippe, Awan, Humna, Becker, Matthew R., Lin, Huan, Gawiser, Eric, Jha, Saurabh W.

“…Abstract The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will image billions of astronomical objects in the wide–fast–deep primary survey…”
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Cosmological Constraints from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey maxBCG Cluster Catalog by Rozo, Eduardo, Wechsler, Risa H, Rykoff, Eli S, Annis, James T, Becker, Matthew R, Evrard, August E, Frieman, Joshua A, Hansen, Sarah M, Hao, Jiangang, Johnston, David E, Koester, Benjamin P, McKay, Timothy A, Sheldon, Erin S, Weinberg, David H

“…We use the abundance and weak-lensing mass measurements of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey maxBCG cluster catalog to simultaneously constrain cosmology and the…”
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Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clustering and the Mass-to-number Ratio of Galaxy Clusters by Tinker, Jeremy L, Sheldon, Erin S, Wechsler, Risa H, Becker, Matthew R, Rozo, Eduardo, Zu, Ying, Weinberg, David H, Zehavi, Idit, Blanton, Michael R, Busha, Michael T, Koester, Benjamin P

“…We place constraints on the average density ([Omega]m) and clustering amplitude of matter using a combination of two measurements from the Sloan Digital Sky…”
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Cosmological constraints from the large-scale weak lensing of SDSS MaxBCG clusters by Zu, Ying, Weinberg, David H., Rozo, Eduardo, Sheldon, Erin S., Tinker, Jeremy L., Becker, Matthew R.

“…We derive constraints on the matter density Ωm and the amplitude of matter clustering σ8 from measurements of large-scale weak lensing (projected separation R…”
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Mitigating Shear-dependent Object Detection Biases with Metacalibration by Sheldon, Erin S., Becker, Matthew R., MacCrann, Niall, Jarvis, Michael

“…Abstract M etacalibration is a new technique for measuring weak gravitational lensing shear that is unbiased for isolated galaxy images. In this work we test…”
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THE CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE OF THE GALAXY-HALO CONNECTION: MODELING ASSEMBLY BIAS WITH ABUNDANCE MATCHING by Lehmann, Benjamin V., Mao, Yao-Yuan, Becker, Matthew R., Skillman, Samuel W., Wechsler, Risa H.

“…ABSTRACT Empirical methods for connecting galaxies to their dark matter halos have become essential for interpreting measurements of the spatial statistics of…”
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Modeling Redshift-space Clustering with Abundance Matching by DeRose, Joseph, Becker, Matthew R., Wechsler, Risa H.

“…Abstract We explore the degrees of freedom required to jointly fit projected and redshift-space clustering of galaxies selected in three bins of stellar mass…”
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ADDGALS: Simulated Sky Catalogs for Wide Field Galaxy Surveys by Wechsler, Risa H., DeRose, Joseph, Busha, Michael T., Becker, Matthew R., Rykoff, Eli, Evrard, August

“…Abstract We present a method for creating simulated galaxy catalogs with realistic galaxy luminosities, broadband colors, and projected clustering over large…”
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Fourier band-power E/B-mode estimators for cosmic shear by Becker, Matthew R., Rozo, Eduardo

“…We introduce new Fourier band-power estimators for cosmic shear data analysis and E/B-mode separation. We consider both the case where one performs E/B-mode…”
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Diffstar: a fully parametric physical model for galaxy assembly history by Alarcon, Alex, Hearin, Andrew P, Becker, Matthew R, Chaves-Montero, Jonás

“…ABSTRACT We present Diffstar , a smooth parametric model for the in situ star formation history (SFH) of galaxies. The Diffstar model is distinct from…”
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Cosmic shear as a probe of galaxy formation physics by eman, Simon, Becker, Matthew R, Wechsler, Risa H

“…We evaluate the potential for current and future cosmic shear measurements from large galaxy surveys to constrain the impact of baryonic physics on the matter…”
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The dark side of galaxy colour: evidence from new SDSS measurements of galaxy clustering and lensing by Hearin, Andrew P., Watson, Douglas F., Becker, Matthew R., Reyes, Reinabelle, Berlind, Andreas A., Zentner, Andrew R.

“…The age-matching model has recently been shown to predict correctly the luminosity L and g − r colour of galaxies residing within dark matter haloes. The…”
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DSPS: Differentiable stellar population synthesis by Hearin, Andrew P, Chaves-Montero, Jonás, Alarcon, Alex, Becker, Matthew R, Benson, Andrew

“…ABSTRACT Models of stellar population synthesis (SPS) are the fundamental tool that relates the physical properties of a galaxy to its spectral energy…”
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Cosmic shear E/B-mode estimation with binned correlation function data by Becker, Matthew R.

“…In this work, I study the problem of E/B-mode separation with binned cosmic shear two-point correlation function data. Motivated by previous work on E/B-mode…”
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