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Teeraparb Chantavat

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arXiv2026

Cluster number counts in dark energy model with energy and momentum coupling to dark matter

The influences on the cluster number counts from the coupling between dark energy and dark matter with momentum transfer are investigated. We find that the extrapolated linear density contrast computed from the spherical collapse model is suppressed when the strength of momentum transfer is increased. Using the Sheth-Tormen mass function, the cluster number counts are computed. The minimum mass limit in the mass integration for each redshift bin is determined by matching the predicted number counts from the $Λ$CDM model with the result from eROSITA surveys. We find that the number of clusters is maximal at a higher redshift bin, and the number of clusters in a maximum redshift bin is enhanced when the strength of momentum and energy transfers increases due to the reduction of extrapolated linear density contrast. Setting the parameters of the dark energy model with momentum coupling according to the observational constraints in \cite{bestfit}, the predicted number counts from the coupled dark energy is larger than the result from eROSITA surveys. The statistical analysis yields a $p$-value of 0.189 for the proposed model relative to $Λ$CDM. Consequently, there is no statistically significant evidence of an improved fit over the standard $Λ$CDM framework based on the eROSITA cluster number counts.

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arXiv2026

Extreme Values of Black Hole to Stellar Mass Ratio for High-Redshift Galaxies

With recent data from the \emph{James Webb Space Telescope} (JWST), it is possible to calculate the mass of the supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies, and the stellar mass of the host galaxies at redshift $z \gtrsim 5$. In this work, we apply extreme-value statistics to calculate the distributions of extreme black-hole and stellar masses for galaxies in the redshift range $3 \lesssim z \lesssim 8$. We show that under certain assumptions about the stellar and black-hole mass functions, a high ratio of $M_\text{BH}/M_*\sim0.3-0.5$ can be obtained without invoking additional black-hole growth physics. Nevertheless, surveying a range of extreme-value methodologies, we find predictions of the extreme ratio $M_\text{BH}/M_*$ to still be in slight tension with the high values observed by JWST.

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arXiv2025

The brightest X-ray AGNs at redshift $3\lesssim z \lesssim 6$

Given recent X-ray observations of high-redshift active galactic nuclei (AGNs), we consider whether the extreme luminosities of these AGNs are consistent with current semi-analytical models. In particular, we apply extreme-value statistics (EVS) to obtain predictions of extreme X-ray luminosities of AGNs in the redshift range $3\lesssim z\lesssim 6$. We apply this formalism using different X-ray luminosity functions and compare the predicted extreme luminosities to AGNs in the Stripe 82 X-ray catalogue. We find a general consistency between data and the EVS predictions although there is some tension with certain luminosity functions. We discuss possible extensions to this model, including extrapolating our results to even higher redshifts ($z\gtrsim10$) where AGNs have recently been observed.

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arXiv2024

Extreme-value modelling of the brightest galaxies at $z\gtrsim9$

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed an intriguing population of bright galaxies at high redshifts. In this work, we use extreme-value statistics to calculate the distribution (in UV magnitude) of the brightest galaxies in the redshift range $9 \lesssim z \lesssim 16$. We combine the Generalised Extreme Value (GEV) approach with modelling of the galaxy luminosity function. We obtain predictions of the brightest galaxies for a suite of luminosity functions, including the Schechter and double power law functions, as well as a model parametrised by the stellar formation efficiency $f_*$. We find that the JWST data is broadly consistent with $f_*$ of $5\%-10\%$, and that the brightest galaxy at $z\sim16$ will have $M_{\rm UV}\approx -23.5^{0.8}_{0.4}$. If $f_*$ is dependent on halo mass, we predict $M_{\rm UV}\approx -22.5^{0.5}_{1.5}$ for such an object. We show that extreme-value statistics not only predicts the magnitude of the brightest galaxies at high redshifts, but may also be able to distinguish between models of star formation in high-redshift galaxies.

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arXiv2024

Observational Constraints on Extended Starobinsky and Weyl Gravity Model of Inflation

We present constraints on the extended Starobinsky and Weyl gravity model of inflation using updated available observational data. The data includes cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy measurements from Planck and BICEP/Keck 2018 (BK18), as well as large-scale structure data encompassing cosmic shear and galaxy autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions measurements from Dark Energy Survey (DES), baryonic acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements from 6dF, MGS and BOSS, and distance measurements from supernovae type Ia from Pantheon+ samples. By introducing a single additional parameter, each model extends the Starobinsky model to encompass larger region of parameter space while remaining consistent with all observational data. Our findings demonstrate that the inclusion of higher-order terms loosen the constraint on the upper bound of $e$-folding number $N_{\rm e}$ due to the presence of small additional parameter. The maximum limit on $N_{\rm e}$ could be refined by considering the reheating process to $N_{\rm e}<55-59$ for $k_{*}=0.002, 0.05$ Mpc$^{-1}$. These models extend viable range of tensor-to-scalar ratio~($r$) to very small value $r<0.002$ in contrast to the original $R^2$ Starobinsky model. In addition, our results continue to emphasize the tension in $H_0$ and $S_8$ between early-time CMB measurements and late-time large-scale structure observations.

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arXiv2024

Morphological evolution of disk galaxies and their concentration, asymmetry and clumpiness (CAS) properties in simulations across Toomre's $Q$ parameter

We investigate the morphological and structural evolutions of disk galaxies in simulations for a wide range of Toomre's $Q$ parameter. In addition to the inspection of conventional bar modes, we compute the concentration, asymmetry and clumpiness (CAS) parameters to enlarge the understanding of the galaxy evolution. These parameters are widely employed to analyze the light distribution of the observed galaxies, but the adaptation to numerical simulations is not much considered. While the bar formation takes place in a considerable range of $Q$ around $1$, barred galaxies originating from $Q>1$ and $Q<1$ disks yield the CAS values that differ significantly. Disks starting with $Q<1$ develop clumps due to local gravitational instabilities along with the bar and these clumps play a central role in enhancing the CAS values. That process is absent in $Q>1$ counterparts in which the evolution is dominated by linearly unstable two-armed modes that lead to lower CAS values. Likewise, unbarred galaxies that are obtainable from disks with $Q$ far below and far above $1$ exhibit greatly different CAS magnitudes. It turns out that the CAS parameters can serve as indicators of the initial kinematical state and the evolution history of a disk of any morphology. In addition, we find an alternative mechanism of the formation of the lopsided barred galaxy when $Q\lesssim 1$. Bars that evolve in the midst of the clumps can spontaneously become lopsided at the end.

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arXiv2023

The most massive Population III stars

Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that there are realistic prospects for detecting the earliest generation of stars at redshift ~20. These metal-poor, gaseous Population III (Pop III) stars are likely in the mass range 10-1000 solar masses. We develop a framework for calculating the abundances of Pop III stars as well as the distribution of the most massive Pop III stars based on an application of extreme-value statistics. Our calculations use the star formation rate density from a recent simulation to calibrate the star-formation efficiency from which the Pop III stellar abundances are derived. Our extreme-value modelling suggests that the most massive Pop III stars at redshifts 10-20 are likely to be $\gtrsim10^3-10^4\,{\rm M}_\odot$. Such extreme Pop III stars were sufficiently numerous to be the seeds of supermassive black holes at high redshifts and possibly source detectable gravitational waves. We conclude that the extreme-value formalism provides an effective way to constrain the stellar initial mass function.

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arXiv2021

Extreme Primordial Black Holes

We present a formalism for calculating the probability distribution of the most massive primordial black holes (PBHs) expected within an observational volume. We show how current observational upper bounds on the fraction of PBHs in dark matter translate to constraints on extreme masses of primordial black holes. We demonstrate the power of our formalism via a case study, and argue that our formalism can be used to produce extreme-value distributions for a wide range of PBH formation theories.

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arXiv2018

Redshift-space distortion from dynamical dark energy with time-dependent Lagrangian perturbation theory

We apply the Lagrangian perturbation theory with time-dependent growth functions at second and third order of perturbation with the aim to model the effect of dynamical dark energy on redshift-space distortions. Our fiducial galaxy redshift surveys are modeled after the upcoming SKA and DESI redshift surveys. We include PLANCK CMB priors and the 20\% uncertainty on the linear bias parameter, incorporating the unknown instrumentation noise. After the marginalizing, our results show that the constraints on the density parameter could potentially get better than $\sim$1\%, while the constraints on $w_0$ and $w_{\rm a}$ could be better than $\sim 5\%$ and $\sim 60\%$ respectively, consistent with works done before. However, the inclusion of time-dependent growth functions would alter the nonlinear power spectrum by as much as $\sim$10\%. The inclusion of the time-dependent growth functions become crucial as the precision gets better.

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arXiv2017

Void profile from Planck lensing potential map

We use the lensing potential map from Planck CMB lensing reconstruction analysis and the "Public Cosmic Void Catalog" to measure the stacked void lensing potential. In this profile, four parameters are needed to describe the shape of voids with different characteristic radii $R_V$. However, we have found that after reducing the background noise by subtracting the average background, there is a residue lensing power left in the data. The inclusion of the environment shifting parameter, $γ_V$, is necessary to get a better fit to the data with the residue lensing power. We divide the voids into two redshift bins: cmass1 ($0.45 < z < 0.5$) and cmass2 ($0.5 < z < 0.6$). Our best-fit parameters are $α= 1.989\pm0.149$, $β= 12.61\pm0.56$, $δ_c=-0.697\pm0.025$, $R_S/R_V=1.039\pm0.030$, $γ_v=(-7.034\pm0.150) \times 10^{-2}$ for the cmass1 sample with 123 voids and $α= 1.956\pm0.165$, $β= 12.91\pm0.60$, $δ_c=-0.673\pm0.027$, $R_S/R_V=1.115\pm0.032$, $γ_v=(-4.512\pm0.114) \times 10^{-2}$ for the cmass2 sample with 393 voids at 68% C.L. The addition of the environment parameter is consistent with the conjecture that the Sloan Digital Sky Survey voids reside in an underdense region.

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arXiv2016

Cosmological parameter constraints from CMB lensing with cosmic voids

We investigate the potential of using cosmic voids as a probe to constrain cosmological parameters through the gravitational lensing effect of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and make predictions for the next generation surveys. By assuming the detection of a series of $\approx 5 - 10$ voids along a line of sight within a square-degree patch of the sky, we found that they can be used to break the degeneracy direction of some of the cosmological parameter constraints (for example $ω_b$ and $Ω_Λ$) in comparison with the constraints from random CMB skies with the same size area for a survey with extensive integration time. This analysis is based on our current knowledge of the average void profile and analytical estimates of the void number function. We also provide combined cosmological parameter constraints between a sky patch where series of voids are detected and a patch without voids (a randomly selected patch). The full potential of this technique relies on an accurate determination of the void profile to $\approx 10$% level. For a small-area CMB observation with extensive integration time and a high signal-to-noise ratio, CMB lensing with such series of voids will provide a complementary route to cosmological parameter constraints to the CMB observations. Example of parameter constraints with a series of five voids on a $1.0^{\circ} \times 1.0^{\circ}$ patch of the sky are $100ω_b = 2.20 \pm 0.27$, $ω_c = 0.120 \pm 0.022$, $Ω_Λ= 0.682 \pm 0.078$, $Δ_{\mathcal{R}}^2 = \left(2.22 \pm 7.79\right) \times 10^{-9}$, $n_s = 0.962 \pm 0.097$ and $τ= 0.925 \pm 1.747$ at 68% C.L.

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arXiv2011

Large Scale Structure Forecast Constraints on Particle Production During Inflation

Bursts of particle production during inflation provide a well-motivated mechanism for creating bump like features in the primordial power spectrum. Current data constrains these features to be less than about 5% the size of the featureless primordial power spectrum at wavenumbers of about 0.1 h Mpc^{-1}. We forecast that the Planck cosmic microwave background experiment will be able to strengthen this constraint to the 0.5% level. We also predict that adding data from a square kilometer array (SKA) galaxy redshift survey would improve the constraint to about the 0.1% level. For features at larger wave-numbers, Planck will be limited by Silk damping and foregrounds. While, SKA will be limited by non-linear effects. We forecast for a Cosmic Inflation Probe (CIP) galaxy redshift survey, similar constraints can be achieved up to about a wavenumber of 1 h Mpc^{-1}.

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arXiv2009

Probing the Primordial Power Spectrum with Cluster Number Counts

We investigate how well galaxy cluster number counts can constrain the primordial power spectrum. Measurements of the primary anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) may be limited, by the presence of foregrounds from secondary sources, to probing the primordial power spectrum at wave numbers less than about 0.30 h Mpc^{-1}. We break up the primordial power spectrum into a number of nodes and interpolate linearly between each node. This allows us to show that cluster number counts could then extend the constraints on the form of the primordial power spectrum up to wave numbers of about 0.45 h Mpc^{-1}. We estimate combinations of constraints from PLANCK and SPT primary CMB and their respective SZ surveys. We find that their constraining ability is limited by uncertainties in the mass scaling relations. We also estimate the constraint from clusters detected from a SNAP like gravitational lensing survey. As there is an unambiguous and simple relationship between the filtered shear of the lensing survey and the cluster mass, it may be possible to obtain much tighter constraints on the primordial power spectrum in this case.

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