A halo-based intrinsic-alignment model for simulation-based inference

arXiv:2609.37254 · astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-09-29 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-29

Updated: 2026-09-29

Terminology

• Alignment — 27× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 13× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Higher-order statistics — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Simulation-based Inference — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Gravitational Lensing — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Simulation-Based Inference (SBI) — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Anisotropy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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