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© The Authors 2025.Cosmic shear is a powerful probe of cosmological models and the transition from current Stage-III surveys such as the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) to the increased area and redshift range of Stage IV surveys such as Euclid will significantly increase the precision of weak lensing analyses. However, with increasing precision, the accuracy of model assumptions needs to be evaluated. In this study, we quantify the impact of the correlated clustering of weak lensing source galaxies with the surrounding large-scale structure, known as source-lens clustering (SLC), which is commonly neglected. We include the impact of realistic scatter in photometric redshift estimates, which impacts the assignment of galaxies to tomographic bins and increases the SLC. For this, we use simulated cosmological datasets with realistically distributed galaxies and measure shear correlation functions for both clustered and uniformly distributed source galaxies. Cosmological analyses are performed for both scenarios to quantify the impact of SLC on parameter inference for a KiDS-like and a Euclid-like setting. We find for Stage III surveys such as KiDS, SLC has a minor impact when accounting for nuisance parameters for intrinsic alignments and shifts of tomographic bins, as these nuisance parameters absorb the effect of SLC, thus changing their original meaning. For KiDS (Euclid), the inferred intrinsic alignment amplitude AIA changes from 0.11+0.44-0.46 (-0.009+0.079-0.080) for data without SLC to 0.28+0.42-0.44 (0.022+0.081-0.082) with SLC. However, fixed nuisance parameters lead to shifts in S8 and Ωm, emphasizing the need for including SLC in the modelling. For Euclid we find that σ8, Ωm, and w0 are shifted by 0.19, 0.12, and 0.12σ, respectively, when including free nuisance parameters, and by 0.20, 0.16, and 0.32σwhen fixing the nuisance parameters. Consequently, SLC on its own has only a small impact on the inferred parameter inference when using uninformative priors for nuisance parameters. However, SLC might conspire with the breakdown of other modelling assumptions, such as magnification bias or source obscuration, which could collectively exert a more pronounced effect on inferred parameters.
Author(s): Linke L, Unruh S, Wittje A, Schrabback T, Grandis S, Asgari M, Dvornik A, Hildebrandt H, Hoekstra H, Joachimi B, Reischke R, Van Den Busch JL, Wright AH, Schneider P, Aghanim N, Altieri B, Amara A, Andreon S, Auricchio N, Baccigalupi C, Baldi M, Bardelli S, Bonino D, Branchini E, Brescia M, Brinchmann J, Camera S, Capobianco V, Carbone C, Cardone VF, Carretero J, Casas S, Castander FJ, Castellano M, Cavuoti S, Cimatti A, Congedo G, Conselice CJ, Conversi L, Copin Y, Courbin F, Courtois HM, Da Silva A, Degaudenzi H, Dinis J, Douspis M, Dubath F, Dupac X, Dusini S, Farina M, Farrens S, Ferriol S, Fosalba P, Frailis M, Franceschi E, Fumana M, Galeotta S, Gillis B, Giocoli C, Grazian A, Grupp F, Guzzo L, Haugan SVH, Holmes W, Hook I, Hormuth F, Hornstrup A, Hudelot P, Jahnke K, Keihanen E, Kermiche S, Kiessling A, Kilbinger M, Kitching T, Kubik B, Kuijken K, Kummel M, Kunz M, Kurki-Suonio H, Ligori S, Lilje PB, Lindholm V, Lloro I, Maino D, Maiorano E, Mansutti O, Marggraf O, Markovic K, Martinet N, Marulli F, Massey R, McCracken HJ, Medinaceli E, Mei S, Mellier Y, Meneghetti M, Merlin E, Meylan G, Moresco M, Moscardini L, Munari E, Nakajima R, Nichol RC, Niemi S-M, Nightingale JW, Padilla C, Paltani S, Pasian F, Pedersen K, Pettorino V, Pires S, Polenta G, Poncet M, Popa LA, Raison F, Rebolo R, Renzi A, Rhodes J, Riccio G, Romelli E, Roncarelli M, Saglia R, Sakr Z, Sapone D, Sartoris B, Schirmer M, Secroun A, Seidel G, Serrano S, Sirignano C, Sirri G, Stanco L, Starck J-L, Tallada-Crespi P, Taylor AN, Tereno I, Toledo-Moreo R, Torradeflot F, Tutusaus I, Valenziano L, Vassallo T, Verdoes Kleijn G, Veropalumbo A, Wang Y, Weller J, Zamorani G, Zucca E, Burigana C, Pezzotta A, Porciani C, Scottez V, Viel M, Le Brun AMC
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Year: 2025
Volume: 693
Print publication date: 01/01/2025
Online publication date: 24/01/2025
Acceptance date: 18/11/2024
Date deposited: 17/02/2025
ISSN (print): 0004-6361
ISSN (electronic): 1432-0746
Publisher: EDP Sciences
URL: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451494
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451494
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