Galaxy redshift surveys are one of the key probes in modern cosmology.In the data analysis of galaxy surveys,the precision of the statistical measurement is primarily limited by the cosmic variance on large scales.For...Galaxy redshift surveys are one of the key probes in modern cosmology.In the data analysis of galaxy surveys,the precision of the statistical measurement is primarily limited by the cosmic variance on large scales.Fortunately,this limitation can in principle be mitigated by observing multiple types of biased tracers.In this brief review,we present the idea of the multi-tracer method,outline key steps in the data analysis and show several worked examples based on the GAMA,BOSS and e BOSS galaxy surveys.This work is a part of a special issue dedicated to the 20 th anniversary of RAA(2001–2020),which is prefaced in Wang&Ip(2020).展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFA0404503)a grant from the CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team.YW is supported by the Nebula Talents Program of NAOCsupported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11925303,11720101004,11673025 and 11890691)。
文摘Galaxy redshift surveys are one of the key probes in modern cosmology.In the data analysis of galaxy surveys,the precision of the statistical measurement is primarily limited by the cosmic variance on large scales.Fortunately,this limitation can in principle be mitigated by observing multiple types of biased tracers.In this brief review,we present the idea of the multi-tracer method,outline key steps in the data analysis and show several worked examples based on the GAMA,BOSS and e BOSS galaxy surveys.This work is a part of a special issue dedicated to the 20 th anniversary of RAA(2001–2020),which is prefaced in Wang&Ip(2020).
