Summary of the cosmological, astrophysical, and systematics parameters used in our cosmological analysis.
. | Prior range . | . | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter* . | Fiducial ΛCDM† . | wCDM . | Systematics tests . | Section . |
Cosmological | 5.1.1 | |||
Ωc | flat[0.01, 0.9] | |||
σ8 | flat[0.1, 2] | |||
Ωb | flat[0.038, 0.053] | |||
ns | flat[0.87, 1.07] | |||
h | flat[0.64, 0.82] | |||
∑mν [eV] | fixed at 0.06 | flat[0, 0.5] for “∑mν varied“ | ||
w | fixed at −1 | flat[−2, −1/3] | ||
Astrophysical | 5.1.2 | |||
AIA | flat[−5, 5] | fixed at 0 for “w/o IA” | ||
ηIA | flat[−5, 5] | fixed at 3 for “IA ηIA = 3” | ||
AB | fixed at 0 | fixed at 1 for “AB = 1” or flat[−5, 5] for “AB varied” | ||
Systematics | 5.1.3 | |||
Apsf | Gauss(1, 1) | fixed at 0 for “w/o PSF error” | appendix 2.1 | |
Δm | Gauss(0, 0.01) | fixed at 0 for “w/o Δm” | ||
Δz1 | Gauss(0, 0.0374) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz2 | Gauss(0, 0.0124) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz3 | Gauss(0, 0.0326) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz4 | Gauss(0, 0.0343) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
A〈γ〉 | fixed at 0 | flat[−5, 5] for “w/ const-γ” | appendix 2.2 |
. | Prior range . | . | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter* . | Fiducial ΛCDM† . | wCDM . | Systematics tests . | Section . |
Cosmological | 5.1.1 | |||
Ωc | flat[0.01, 0.9] | |||
σ8 | flat[0.1, 2] | |||
Ωb | flat[0.038, 0.053] | |||
ns | flat[0.87, 1.07] | |||
h | flat[0.64, 0.82] | |||
∑mν [eV] | fixed at 0.06 | flat[0, 0.5] for “∑mν varied“ | ||
w | fixed at −1 | flat[−2, −1/3] | ||
Astrophysical | 5.1.2 | |||
AIA | flat[−5, 5] | fixed at 0 for “w/o IA” | ||
ηIA | flat[−5, 5] | fixed at 3 for “IA ηIA = 3” | ||
AB | fixed at 0 | fixed at 1 for “AB = 1” or flat[−5, 5] for “AB varied” | ||
Systematics | 5.1.3 | |||
Apsf | Gauss(1, 1) | fixed at 0 for “w/o PSF error” | appendix 2.1 | |
Δm | Gauss(0, 0.01) | fixed at 0 for “w/o Δm” | ||
Δz1 | Gauss(0, 0.0374) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz2 | Gauss(0, 0.0124) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz3 | Gauss(0, 0.0326) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz4 | Gauss(0, 0.0343) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
A〈γ〉 | fixed at 0 | flat[−5, 5] for “w/ const-γ” | appendix 2.2 |
For detailed descriptions of the parameters, see sub-subsections 5.1.1 for the cosmological parameters, 5.1.2 for the astrophysical nuisance parameters, and 5.1.3 for the systematics nuisance parameters.
“flat[x1, x2]” means a flat prior between x1 and x2, whereas “Gauss(|$\bar{x}$|, σ)” means a Gaussian prior with the mean |$\bar{x}$| and the standard deviation σ.
Summary of the cosmological, astrophysical, and systematics parameters used in our cosmological analysis.
. | Prior range . | . | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter* . | Fiducial ΛCDM† . | wCDM . | Systematics tests . | Section . |
Cosmological | 5.1.1 | |||
Ωc | flat[0.01, 0.9] | |||
σ8 | flat[0.1, 2] | |||
Ωb | flat[0.038, 0.053] | |||
ns | flat[0.87, 1.07] | |||
h | flat[0.64, 0.82] | |||
∑mν [eV] | fixed at 0.06 | flat[0, 0.5] for “∑mν varied“ | ||
w | fixed at −1 | flat[−2, −1/3] | ||
Astrophysical | 5.1.2 | |||
AIA | flat[−5, 5] | fixed at 0 for “w/o IA” | ||
ηIA | flat[−5, 5] | fixed at 3 for “IA ηIA = 3” | ||
AB | fixed at 0 | fixed at 1 for “AB = 1” or flat[−5, 5] for “AB varied” | ||
Systematics | 5.1.3 | |||
Apsf | Gauss(1, 1) | fixed at 0 for “w/o PSF error” | appendix 2.1 | |
Δm | Gauss(0, 0.01) | fixed at 0 for “w/o Δm” | ||
Δz1 | Gauss(0, 0.0374) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz2 | Gauss(0, 0.0124) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz3 | Gauss(0, 0.0326) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz4 | Gauss(0, 0.0343) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
A〈γ〉 | fixed at 0 | flat[−5, 5] for “w/ const-γ” | appendix 2.2 |
. | Prior range . | . | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter* . | Fiducial ΛCDM† . | wCDM . | Systematics tests . | Section . |
Cosmological | 5.1.1 | |||
Ωc | flat[0.01, 0.9] | |||
σ8 | flat[0.1, 2] | |||
Ωb | flat[0.038, 0.053] | |||
ns | flat[0.87, 1.07] | |||
h | flat[0.64, 0.82] | |||
∑mν [eV] | fixed at 0.06 | flat[0, 0.5] for “∑mν varied“ | ||
w | fixed at −1 | flat[−2, −1/3] | ||
Astrophysical | 5.1.2 | |||
AIA | flat[−5, 5] | fixed at 0 for “w/o IA” | ||
ηIA | flat[−5, 5] | fixed at 3 for “IA ηIA = 3” | ||
AB | fixed at 0 | fixed at 1 for “AB = 1” or flat[−5, 5] for “AB varied” | ||
Systematics | 5.1.3 | |||
Apsf | Gauss(1, 1) | fixed at 0 for “w/o PSF error” | appendix 2.1 | |
Δm | Gauss(0, 0.01) | fixed at 0 for “w/o Δm” | ||
Δz1 | Gauss(0, 0.0374) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz2 | Gauss(0, 0.0124) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz3 | Gauss(0, 0.0326) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
Δz4 | Gauss(0, 0.0343) | fixed at 0 for “w/o p(z) error” | ||
A〈γ〉 | fixed at 0 | flat[−5, 5] for “w/ const-γ” | appendix 2.2 |
For detailed descriptions of the parameters, see sub-subsections 5.1.1 for the cosmological parameters, 5.1.2 for the astrophysical nuisance parameters, and 5.1.3 for the systematics nuisance parameters.
“flat[x1, x2]” means a flat prior between x1 and x2, whereas “Gauss(|$\bar{x}$|, σ)” means a Gaussian prior with the mean |$\bar{x}$| and the standard deviation σ.
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