Euclid preparation. Decomposing components of the extragalactic background light using multi-band intensity mapping cross-correlations

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Authors: Céline Gouin, Y. Cao, Asantha Roshan Cooray, T. Li, Y. -T. Cheng, K. Tanidis, S. H. Lim, Douglas Scott, B. Altieri, Adam Amara, Stefano Andreon, N. Auricchio
+88 more C. Baccigalupi, Marco Baldi, S. Bardelli, A. Biviano, E. Branchini, M. Brescia, S. Camera, G Cañas-Herrera, V. Capobianco, C. Carbone, J. Carretero, Santiago Casas, M. Castellano, G. Castignani, S. Cavuoti, K. C. Chambers, G. Congedo, C Colodro-Conde, G. Congedo, Christopher J. Conselice, L. Conversi, Y. Copin, F. Courbin, Hélène M. Courtois, Jean‐Charles Cuillandre, Hubert Degaudenzi, G. De Lucia, Herve A. Dole, Marian Douspis, F. Dubath, Xavier Dupac, Maria Farina, R Farinelli, F Faustini, S Ferriol, Fabio Finelli, M. Frailis, Enrico Franceschi, M. Fumana, Samuele Galeotta, Koshy George, Bryan R. Gillis, C. Giocoli, Javier Graciá-Carpio, A. Grazian, Frank U. Grupp, S. V. H. Haugan, W. Holmes, F. Hormuth, Allan Hornstrup, K. Jahnkę, M. Jhabvala, Benjamin Joachimi, Smaïn Kermiche, A. Kiessling, Bogna Kubik, Martin Kunz, Hannu Kurki-Suonio, Amandine M. C. Le Brun, S. Ligori, Per Barth Lilje, V. Lindholm, Ivan Lloro, Gabriele Mainetti, Davide Maino, E. Maiorano, O. Mansutti, S. Marcin, O. Marggraf, M. Martinelli, N. Martinet, F. Marulli, Richard James Massey, Eduardo Medinaceli, S. Mei, Y. Mellier, Massimo Meneghetti, E. Merlin, G. Meylan, A Mora, M. Moresco, Lauro Moscardini, Christian Neissner, S.-M Niemi, C. Padilla Aranda, S. Paltani, FABIO PASIAN, K. Pedersen
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Abstract

The extragalactic background light (EBL) fluctuations in the optical/near-IR encode the cumulative integrated galaxy light (IGL), diffuse intra-halo light (IHL), and high-$z$ sources from the epoch of reionisation (EoR), but they are difficult to disentangle with auto-spectra alone. We aim to decompose the EBL into its principal constituents using multi-band intensity mapping combined with cosmic shear and galaxy clustering. We develop a joint halo-model framework in which IHL follows a mass- and redshift-dependent luminosity scaling, IGL is set by an evolving Schechter luminosity function, and EoR emission is modelled with Pop II/III stellar emissivities and a binned star-formation efficiency. Using mock surveys in a flat $Λ$CDM cosmology with ten spectral bands spanning 0.75-5.0$\rm μm$ in the NEP deep fields over about 100$°^2$ with source detections down to AB=20.5 for masking, and six redshift bins to $z=2.5$, we fit auto- and cross-power spectra using a MCMC method. The combined SPHEREx$\times$Euclid analysis recovers all fiducial parameters within 1$σ$ and reduces 1$σ$ uncertainties on IHL parameters by 10-35% relative to SPHEREx EBL-only, while EoR star-formation efficiency parameters improve by 20-35%. Cross-correlations reveal a stronger coupling of IHL than IGL to the shear field, enhancing component separation; conversely, the EoR contribution shows negligible correlation with cosmic shear and galaxy clustering, aiding its isolation in the EBL. Relative to the SPHEREx EBL-only case, the inferred IHL fraction as a function of halo mass is significantly tightened over $10^{11}-10^{14} M_{\odot}$, with uncertainties reduced by 5-30%, and the resulting star-formation rate density constraints extend to $z\sim 11$, with uncertainty reductions of 22-31%.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Galaxies: Formation Evolution Phenomena Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Stellar planetary and galactic studies

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
28 January 2026
Document type
Preprint