Cosmology with galaxy clusters using machine learning. Application to eROSITA Data
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| author | Zhong, Fucheng Napolitano, Nicola R. Comparat, Johan Dolag, Klaus Heneka, Caroline Huang, Zhiqi Li, Xiaodong Lin, Weipeng Longo, Giuseppe Radovich, Mario Tortora, Crescenzo |
| author_facet | Zhong, Fucheng Napolitano, Nicola R. Comparat, Johan Dolag, Klaus Heneka, Caroline Huang, Zhiqi Li, Xiaodong Lin, Weipeng Longo, Giuseppe Radovich, Mario Tortora, Crescenzo |
| contents | Context: We present the first Cosmological Parameter inferences from eROSITA X-ray observations of galaxy clusters using a Machine Learning algorithm. Methods: We train a Random Forest using mock catalogs of clusters from Magneticum multi-cosmology hydrodynamical simulations. We apply the trained ML algorithm to observed X-ray features (gas luminosity, mass, and temperature) at different redshifts from the eROSITA eFEDS and eRASS1 catalogs. Results: We obtain cosmological constraints with precision comparable to those from standard analyses, such as weak lensing and cluster abundances. We infer $Ω_{\rm m}=0.30^{+0.03}_{-0.02}$, $σ_8=0.81\pm0.01$, and $h_0=0.710\pm0.004$. The recovered parameters show no tension in the $Ω_{\rm m}-σ_8$ space, but a significant deviation of $h_0$ from the Planck estimates. These inferences remain rather stable against variations of the input observable set and parameter space coverage. These results indicate that correlations among intracluster properties contain cosmological information beyond that encoded in the cluster abundance alone, which can be captured by machine learning trained on multi-cosmology simulations. Conclusions: ML algorithms trained on multi-cosmology hydrodynamical simulations can effectively infer cosmological parameters directly from galaxy cluster data. This is a change of paradigm in the context of cosmological parameter inferences. This approach complements traditional cluster-count analyses and is particularly suited to large upcoming surveys, where systematic uncertainties in mass calibration may otherwise dominate the error budget. It also highlights the potential of large-scale X-ray surveys to deliver independent tests of the standard cosmological model. |
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| spellingShingle | Cosmology with galaxy clusters using machine learning. Application to eROSITA Data Zhong, Fucheng Napolitano, Nicola R. Comparat, Johan Dolag, Klaus Heneka, Caroline Huang, Zhiqi Li, Xiaodong Lin, Weipeng Longo, Giuseppe Radovich, Mario Tortora, Crescenzo Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies Context: We present the first Cosmological Parameter inferences from eROSITA X-ray observations of galaxy clusters using a Machine Learning algorithm. Methods: We train a Random Forest using mock catalogs of clusters from Magneticum multi-cosmology hydrodynamical simulations. We apply the trained ML algorithm to observed X-ray features (gas luminosity, mass, and temperature) at different redshifts from the eROSITA eFEDS and eRASS1 catalogs. Results: We obtain cosmological constraints with precision comparable to those from standard analyses, such as weak lensing and cluster abundances. We infer $Ω_{\rm m}=0.30^{+0.03}_{-0.02}$, $σ_8=0.81\pm0.01$, and $h_0=0.710\pm0.004$. The recovered parameters show no tension in the $Ω_{\rm m}-σ_8$ space, but a significant deviation of $h_0$ from the Planck estimates. These inferences remain rather stable against variations of the input observable set and parameter space coverage. These results indicate that correlations among intracluster properties contain cosmological information beyond that encoded in the cluster abundance alone, which can be captured by machine learning trained on multi-cosmology simulations. Conclusions: ML algorithms trained on multi-cosmology hydrodynamical simulations can effectively infer cosmological parameters directly from galaxy cluster data. This is a change of paradigm in the context of cosmological parameter inferences. This approach complements traditional cluster-count analyses and is particularly suited to large upcoming surveys, where systematic uncertainties in mass calibration may otherwise dominate the error budget. It also highlights the potential of large-scale X-ray surveys to deliver independent tests of the standard cosmological model. |
| title | Cosmology with galaxy clusters using machine learning. Application to eROSITA Data |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20483 |