DESI and DECaLS (D&D): galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements with 1 per cent survey and its forecast

The shear measurement from the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS) provides an excellent opportunity for galaxy-galaxy lensing study with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) galaxies, given the large (similar to 9000 deg(2)) sky overlap. We explore this potential by combining the DESI 1 per cent survey and DECaLS Data Release 8 (DR8). With similar to 106 deg(2) sky overlap, we achieve significant detection of galaxy-galaxy lensing for Bright Galaxy Survey (BGS) and luminous red galaxy (LRG) as lenses. Scaled to the full BGS sample, we expect the statistical errors to improve from 18(12) per cent to a promising level of 2(1.3) per cent at theta > 8 arcmin (< 8 arcmin). This brings stronger requirements for future systematics control. To fully realize such potential, we need to control the residual multiplicative shear bias vertical bar m vertical bar < 0.006 and the bias in the mean redshift vertical bar Delta z vertical bar < 0.008, requiring the introduced bias in the measurement is <0.31 sigma. We also expect significant detection of galaxy-galaxy lensing with DESI LRG/emission line galaxy (ELG) full samples as lenses, and cosmic magnification of ELG through cross-correlation with low-redshift DECaLS shear. If such systematical error control can be achieved, we find the advantages of DECaLS, comparing with the Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS) and the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), are at low redshift, large scale, and in measuring the shear ratio (to sigma(R) similar to 0.04) and cosmic magnification.

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The shear measurement from DECaLS provides a great opportunity for galaxy-galaxy lensing study with DESI galaxies due to the large sky overlap. By combining DESI 1% survey and DECaLS DR8, significant detection of galaxy-galaxy lensing is achieved for BGS and LRG as lenses. This brings stronger requirements for future systematics control.