Weak Gravitational Lensing by the Nearby Cluster Abell 3667
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
We present two weak lensing reconstructions of the nearby () merging cluster Abell 3667, based on observations taken year apart under different seeing conditions. This is the lowest redshift cluster with a weak lensing mass reconstruction to date. The reproducibility of features in the two mass maps demonstrate that weak lensing studies of low-redshift clusters are feasible. These data constitute the first results from an X-ray luminosity-selected weak lensing survey of 19 low-redshift () southern clusters.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9911285,
title = {Weak Gravitational Lensing by the Nearby Cluster Abell 3667},
author = {M. Joffre and P. Fischer and J. Frieman and T. McKay and J. Mohr and R. Nichol and D. Johnston and E. Sheldon and G. Berstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9911285},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJ Letters