TY - JOUR
T1 - Euclid preparation: CV. CosmoPostProcess
T2 - A simulation calibrated framework for weak lensing selection bias in richness-selected galaxy clusters
AU - Euclid Collaboration
AU - Collaboration, Euclid
AU - Ingrao, R.
AU - Borgani, S.
AU - Costanzi, M.
AU - Saro, A.
AU - Castro, T.
AU - Baumont, L.
AU - Aguena, M.
AU - Grandis, S.
AU - Murray, C.
AU - Bhargava, S.
AU - Munari, E.
AU - Altieri, B.
AU - Andreon, S.
AU - Auricchio, N.
AU - Baccigalupi, C.
AU - Baldi, M.
AU - Bardelli, S.
AU - Battaglia, P.
AU - Biviano, A.
AU - Branchini, E.
AU - Brescia, M.
AU - Camera, S.
AU - Capobianco, V.
AU - Carbone, C.
AU - Carretero, J.
AU - Castellano, M.
AU - Castignani, G.
AU - Cavuoti, S.
AU - Cimatti, A.
AU - Colodro-Conde, C.
AU - Congedo, G.
AU - Conversi, L.
AU - Copin, Y.
AU - Courbin, F.
AU - Courtois, H. M.
AU - Degaudenzi, H.
AU - Lucia, G. De
AU - Dubath, F.
AU - Dupac, X.
AU - Escoffier, S.
AU - Farina, M.
AU - Farinelli, R.
AU - Beutler, F.
AU - Gaztanaga, E.
AU - Koyama, K.
AU - Nadathur, S.
AU - Naidoo, K.
AU - Pace, F.
AU - Pattison, C.
PY - 2026/9/22
Y1 - 2026/9/22
N2 - We present \texttt{CosmoPostProcess}, a simulation-based forward-modelling algorithm calibrated to reproduce Euclid optical cluster observables. Its main deliverable is a correction for stacked surface-density profiles, binned in richness and redshift, accounting for selection systematics in richness-selected samples relative to unbiased references. We focus on the Euclid richness definition foreseen for cosmological analyses, which does not apply a colour selection; red-sequence richness is not considered. The algorithm processes $N$-body simulations by painting galaxies with a halo-occupation model and emulating survey detection and richness assignment. We also implement a novel estimate of optical cluster centres from projected galaxy densities, validated against Euclid pipelines. Baryonic effects are included through a correction calibrated on hydrodynamical simulations; the baryon-corrected excess surface density agrees within \(2\,\%\) over \(r\in[0.1,\,5]\,h^{-1}\,\mathrm{Mpc}\). Selection-bias contributions are assessed by varying cosmology and the mass--richness relation. Projection-induced selection bias follows a robust pattern: correlated large-scale structure projected along the line of sight enhances the stacked profile near the one-halo to two-halo transition, peaking at about \(1\,h^{-1}\,\mathrm{Mpc}\) with an amplitude of \(20\!-\!40\,\%\), depending on richness and redshift. The effect is mild at low and intermediate redshift ($z\lesssim0.7$), at the few-percent level, but becomes more relevant at higher redshift ($z\gtrsim0.7$). Baryonic modifications remain sub-dominant outside the core, at about \(2\,\%\) beyond \(r\gtrsim0.3\,h^{-1}\,\mathrm{Mpc}\). The framework delivers radial profile corrections with uncertainties, combining projection-induced selection bias, baryonic physics, and miscentring, to control systematics in Euclid DR1 cluster cosmology. (abridged)
AB - We present \texttt{CosmoPostProcess}, a simulation-based forward-modelling algorithm calibrated to reproduce Euclid optical cluster observables. Its main deliverable is a correction for stacked surface-density profiles, binned in richness and redshift, accounting for selection systematics in richness-selected samples relative to unbiased references. We focus on the Euclid richness definition foreseen for cosmological analyses, which does not apply a colour selection; red-sequence richness is not considered. The algorithm processes $N$-body simulations by painting galaxies with a halo-occupation model and emulating survey detection and richness assignment. We also implement a novel estimate of optical cluster centres from projected galaxy densities, validated against Euclid pipelines. Baryonic effects are included through a correction calibrated on hydrodynamical simulations; the baryon-corrected excess surface density agrees within \(2\,\%\) over \(r\in[0.1,\,5]\,h^{-1}\,\mathrm{Mpc}\). Selection-bias contributions are assessed by varying cosmology and the mass--richness relation. Projection-induced selection bias follows a robust pattern: correlated large-scale structure projected along the line of sight enhances the stacked profile near the one-halo to two-halo transition, peaking at about \(1\,h^{-1}\,\mathrm{Mpc}\) with an amplitude of \(20\!-\!40\,\%\), depending on richness and redshift. The effect is mild at low and intermediate redshift ($z\lesssim0.7$), at the few-percent level, but becomes more relevant at higher redshift ($z\gtrsim0.7$). Baryonic modifications remain sub-dominant outside the core, at about \(2\,\%\) beyond \(r\gtrsim0.3\,h^{-1}\,\mathrm{Mpc}\). The framework delivers radial profile corrections with uncertainties, combining projection-induced selection bias, baryonic physics, and miscentring, to control systematics in Euclid DR1 cluster cosmology. (abridged)
KW - astro-ph.CO
KW - astro-ph.IM
KW - galaxies: clusters: general
KW - dark matter
KW - large-scale structure of Universe
U2 - 10.1051/0004-6361/202660776
DO - 10.1051/0004-6361/202660776
M3 - Article
SN - 0004-6361
VL - 713
JO - Astronomy and Astrophysics
JF - Astronomy and Astrophysics
M1 - A256
ER -