Galaxy Benchmark

Compiled galaxy measurements for the BGS summary statistics pipeline benchmark. Each entry records the cosmological convention, sample selection, and — where available — tabulated data in a standard FITS schema for direct comparison with pipeline outputs.

Selection criteria: publications since 2000; citation count > 100 on NASA ADS (recent DESI, Euclid, and JWST papers excepted); data publicly available (VizieR, journal supplement, GitHub, or Zenodo).

Observable	N papers	z range	Description
Galaxy Luminosity Functions	24	0 – 5	Galaxy luminosity functions in r, B/bJ, K, UV, and multiband. Methods: 1/Vmax, STY, SWML. Surveys: 2dFGRS, VVDS, SDSS, GAMA, DEEP2, VIPERS, COSMOS.
Stellar Mass Functions	12	0 – 12	Galaxy stellar mass functions with Schechter parameters and FITS data. Includes PAC method (DESI Y1) and JWST constraints (COSMOS-Web).
Galaxy Clustering	60	0 – 1.5	Projected wₚ(rₚ), angular w(θ), redshift-space multipoles ξℓ(s), power spectrum P(k) and Pℓ(k). Surveys: 2dFGRS, SDSS, WiggleZ, BOSS, eBOSS, DESI.
Weak Gravitational Lensing	16	0.05 – 1.0	Galaxy-galaxy lensing ΔΣ(R) from SDSS to DESI. Includes Lensing Without Borders cross-survey validation and the “lensing is low” effect.
Cosmic Shear	10	0.1 – 1.5	Stage-III cosmic shear S8 constraints from KiDS-1000, DES Y3, and HSC Y3. All surveys find S8 ~ 3σ below Planck 2018.

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Summary figures

Growth rate fσ₈(z) compiled from 2dFGRS, WiggleZ, BOSS, eBOSS, and DESI.

BAO distance ratio D_V/r_d vs redshift from 6dFGS, SDSS, BOSS, eBOSS, and DESI.

S₈ = σ₈(Ω_m/0.3)^0.5 constraints from Stage-III lensing surveys compared to Planck 2018.

Evolution of Schechter parameters (log M★, ϕ★, α) vs redshift compiled from GAMA, COSMOS, ZFOURGE, and DESI.