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Haruki Ebina

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The One-Loop Power Spectrum of Fast Radio Burst Dispersion Measures

Fast radio burst (FRB) dispersion measures trace free electron column densities and will soon offer a unique probe of low-$z$ baryons. Such measurements can constrain cosmology directly, with the free electrons serving as a new tracer of large-scale structure, and probe the baryonic feedback of galaxies, a leading systematic for weak lensing surveys such as LSST and Euclid. We prepare for both science cases using effective field theory (EFT) and hydrodynamical simulations. We construct the one-loop EFT description of the free-electron auto-spectrum $P_{ee}$ and electron-galaxy cross-spectrum $P_{eg}$, placing FRB dispersion clustering on the same theoretical footing as spectroscopic galaxy analyses, and quantify the FRB densities at which this modeling is useful. We also investigate suitable galaxy samples for cross-correlations, finding that current spectroscopic catalogs provide appropriate redshift range and sufficient density. We validate the model against the FLAMINGO simulations, jointly fitting $P_{ee}$, $P_{eg}$, and $P_{gg}$ for DESI-like samples at $z=0.2$ and 0.5. The model describes all three spectra to $k\sim0.2\,h\,{\rm Mpc}^{-1}$, with an electron linear bias $b_{e,1}\simeq0.92$, higher-order biases consistent with zero, and all parameters stable across feedback variants. Together with the near-perfect electron-matter correlation $r_{em}\simeq1$, this establishes free electrons as nearly unbiased, feedback-robust tracers of matter, supporting a key assumption of FRB-based feedback constraints. These properties make electron clustering an ideal application for Hybrid Effective Field Theory (HEFT), which would extend the modeling reach by a further factor of 2--3. The low-$z$ electron spectrum becomes signal-dominated beyond the linear regime within the first few years of next-generation surveys; the models developed here will be necessary on these timescales.

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The 3D clustering of Lyman Alpha Emitters measured with DESI

We present a clustering analysis of Lyman-$α$ emitters (LAEs) using spectroscopic observations from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) of candidates selected from the Blanco/DECam Intermediate-Band Imaging Survey (IBIS). We measure the two-point correlation function and the power spectrum, including cross-correlations with DESI quasars. Using both analytical and halo occupation distribution (HOD) simulation-based modeling, we find a linear bias of $b \sim 2.31$--$2.62$ for LAEs over the redshift range $2.26 < z < 3.41$. The analytical modeling also provides constraints on the strength of radiative transfer effects, while the HOD analysis characterizes the LAE-halo connection across multiple models. Finally, we quantify the magnitude of non-perturbative clustering effects such as Fingers of God in the LAE population, providing essential input for the accurate modeling of LAE-based cosmological analyses in forthcoming high-redshift surveys such as DESI-II.

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The Marked Power Spectrum as a Practical Bispectrum Measure for Galaxy Redshift Surveys

Modern datasets have the precision necessary to uncover new information by including higher-order, non-Gaussian information into cosmological inference. The marked power spectrum offers access to such information while preserving the structure of two-point correlators. This approach to higher-order statistics has the advantage that many modeling questions can directly benefit from progress already made in standard cosmological analyses using the power spectrum and correlation function, while increasing the data vector size negligibly and retaining much of the degeneracy-breaking power of the bispectrum. In this work, we first restructure the marked power spectrum to isolate its higher-order information and demonstrate its ability to break parameter degeneracies. We then investigate the effect of survey geometry on the marked power spectrum and find that a treatment similar to that of the power spectrum is sufficient. Additionally, we investigate the perturbative modeling and covariance structure of the marked power spectrum, shedding light on its degeneracy breaking power and cross-covariance with the power spectrum. Finally, we demonstrate that the cosmology dependence of the marked power spectrum is smooth, indicating that cosmological inference is possible by modeling the cosmology dependence through interpolation rather than analytical modeling.

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The Spectroscopic Stage-5 Experiment

The existence, properties, and dynamics of the dark sectors of our universe pose fundamental challenges to our current model of physics, and large-scale astronomical surveys may be our only hope to unravel these long-standing mysteries. In this white paper, we describe the science motivation, instrumentation, and survey plan for the next-generation spectroscopic observatory, the Stage-5 Spectroscopic Experiment (Spec-S5). Spec-S5 is a new all-sky spectroscopic instrument optimized to efficiently carry out cosmological surveys of unprecedented scale and precision. The baseline plan for Spec-S5 involves upgrading two existing 4-m telescopes to new 6-m wide-field facilities, each with a highly multiplexed spectroscopic instrument capable of simultaneously measuring the spectra of 13,000 astronomical targets. Spec-S5, which builds and improves on the hardware used for previous cosmology experiments, represents a cost-effective and rapid approach to realizing a more than 10$\times$ gain in spectroscopic capability compared to the current state-of-the-art represented by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument project (DESI). Spec-S5 will provide a critical scientific capability in the post-Rubin and post-DESI era for advancing cosmology, fundamental physics, and astrophysics in the 2030s.

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An Analytically Tractable Marked Power Spectrum

The increasing precision of cosmology data in the modern era is calling for methods to allow the extraction of non-Gaussian information using tools beyond two-point statistics. The marked power spectrum has the potential to extract beyond two-point information in a computationally efficient way while using much of the infrastructure already available for the power-spectrum. In this work we explore the marked power spectrum from an analytical perspective. In particular, we explore a low-order polynomial for the mark that allows us to better control the theoretical uncertainties and we show that with minimal new degrees of freedom the analytical results match measurements from N-body simulations for both the matter field and biased tracers in redshift space. Finally, we show that even within the limited forms of mark that we consider, there are degeneracies that can be broken by inclusion of the marked auto-spectrum or the cross-spectrum with the unmarked field. We discuss future theoretical developments that would enable us to apply this approach to survey data.

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Cosmology before noon with multiple galaxy populations

Near-future facilities observing the high-redshift universe ($2<z<5$) will have an opportunity to take advantage of "multi-tracer" cosmology by observing multiple tracers of the matter density field: Lyman alpha emitters (LAE), Lyman break galaxies (LBG), and CMB lensing $κ$. In this work we use Fisher forecasts to investigate the effect of multi-tracers on next-generation facilities. In agreement with previous work, we show that multiple tracers improve constraints primarily from degeneracy breaking, instead of the traditional intuition of sample variance cancellation. Then, we forecast that for both BBN and CMB primary priors, the addition of lensing and LAEs onto a LBG-only sample will gain 25\% or more in many parameters, with the largest gains being factor of $\sim10$ improvement for $f_{\rm EDE}$. We include a preliminary approach towards modelling the impact of radiative transfer (RT) on forecasts involving LAEs by introducing a simplified model at linear theory level. Our results, albeit preliminary, show that the while RT influences LAE-only forecasts strongly, its effect on composite multi-tracer forecasts are limited.

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Wide Field High Cadence CMB Survey Designs for Chilean Telescopes

We present new wide field survey strategies for Chilean Large Aperture Telescopes (LAT) measuring the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), which we call Sinusoidal Modulated High Cadence Survey Strategies. The strategies were developed during the process of optimizing LAT measurements for the CMB-S4, Simons Observatory, and CCAT-prime collaborations. Observing more than $f_{sky} \sim 0.5$, the telescope consistently achieves high observation efficiency, even with Sun-avoidance enabled. Classical azimuthal scan survey strategies observing fields of equal size suffer from problems of observation depth non-uniformity relative to declination and lack of crosslinking. The new survey strategies described here significantly improve both uniformity and crosslinking while also enabling higher cadence observations for time-domain astrophysics. Uniformity and crosslinking are improved by modulation of azimuthal angular velocity and sinusoidal elevation nods, respectively. In particular, there is nearly uniform observation depth and crosslinking is improved from total lack of crosslinking near -40 degree declination to clearing the strictest thresholds for crosslinking across the entire field. The simulated strategies are compared to the strategies used for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and previously studied Simons Observatory survey strategies.

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