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We present a weak-lensing (WL) analysis of filamentary structures in the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2744 using wide-field Magellan/MegaCam imaging data. We employ two complementary techniques: standard matched-filter scans to identify…

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We present a weak lensing and multi-wavelength analysis of three galaxy clusters: A115, A2219, and A2261. Weak lensing is performed using shape measurements made in short 60s exposure images obtained using WIYN-ODI. Forced measurement is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-14 Anirban Dutta , John Peterson , Matteo Cianfaglione , Glenn Sembroski

We present results from a comprehensive lensing analysis in HST data, of the complete CLASH cluster sample. We identify new multiple-images previously undiscovered allowing improved or first constraints on the cluster inner mass…

We describe a new non-parametric technique for reconstructing the mass distribution in galaxy clusters with strong lensing, i.e., from multiple images of background galaxies. The observed positions and redshifts of the images are considered…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 H. M. AbdelSalam , P. Saha , L. L. R. Williams

Weak gravitational lensing provides a unique method to directly measure the distribution of mass in the universe. Because the distortions induced by lensing in the shape of background galaxies are small, the measurement of weak lensing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Alexandre Refregier , David Bacon

We propose a new approach to study the dynamical implications of mass models of clusters for the velocity structure of galaxies in the core. Strong and weak lensing data are used to construct the total mass profile of the cluster, which is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Priyamvada Natarajan , Jean-Paul Kneib

We present a wide field $V$-band imaging survey of approximately 1 deg$^2$ ($\sim7.2 h^{-2}_{75}$ Mpc$^{2}$) in the direction of the nearby cluster of galaxies Abell 2151 (the Hercules Cluster). The data are used to construct the luminosity…

We present and compare projected distributions of mass, galaxies, and the intracluster medium (ICM) for a sample of merging clusters of galaxies based on the joint weak-lensing, optical photometric, and X-ray analysis. Our sample comprises…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Nobuhiro Okabe , Keiichi Umetsu

Euclid is presently mapping the distribution of matter in the Universe in detail via the weak lensing (WL) signature of billions of distant galaxies. The WL signal is most prominent around galaxy clusters, and can extend up to distances…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-04 J. M. Diego , G. Congedo , R. Gavazzi , T. Schrabback , H. Atek , B. Jain , J. R. Weaver , Y. Kang , W. G. Hartley , G. Mahler , N. Okabe , J. B. Golden-Marx , M. Meneghetti , J. M. Palencia , M. Kluge , R. Laureijs , T. Saifollahi , M. Schirmer , C. Stone , M. Jauzac , D. Scott , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , P. Battaglia , A. Biviano , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , G. P. Candini , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , J. -C. Cuillandre , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , H. Dole , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Escoffier , M. Farina , S. Farrens , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , P. Fosalba , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. George , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , W. Holmes , I. M. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , K. Kuijken , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , A. M. C. Le Brun , D. Le Mignant , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. J. Massey , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , J. J. Mohr , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , N. Tessore , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , E. Zucca , M. Bolzonella , C. Burigana , L. Gabarra , J. Martín-Fleitas , S. Matthew , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Viel

We present Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) weak-lensing and Chandra X-ray analyses of MS 1054-0321 at z=0.83, the most distant and X-ray luminous cluster in the Einstein Extended Medium-Sensitivity Survey (EMSS).…

We present a high resolution dark matter reconstruction of the z=0.165 Abell 901/902 supercluster from a weak lensing analysis of the HST STAGES survey. We detect the four main structures of the supercluster at high significance, resolving…

We have run two completely independent weak lensing analysis pipelines on a set of realistic simulated images of a massive galaxy cluster with a singular isothermal sphere profile (galaxy velocity dispersion sigma_v=1250 km/ sec). The suite…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-23 M. S. S. Gill , J. C. Young , J. P. Draskovic , K. Honscheid , H. Lin , N. Kuropatkin , P. Martini , M. Peeples , E. Rozo , G. N. Smith , D. H. Weinberg

We present an analysis of observations made with the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI) and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) of six galaxy clusters in a redshift range of 0.16--0.41. The cluster gas is modelled using the…

Summary - By combining the 5634 redshifts from the ESO Nearby Abell Cluster Survey (the ENACS) with another 1000 redshifts from the literature we are able to study the distribution of velocity dispersions for a volume-limited sample of 128…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Mazure , P. Katgert , R. den Hartog , A. Biviano et al

We propose a new technique to reconstruct non-parametrically the projected mass distribution of galaxy clusters from their gravitational lens effect on background galaxies. The beauty of our technique, is that it combines information from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hanadi M. AbdelSalam , Prasenjit Saha , Liliya L. R. Williams

We present results from a weak lensing analysis of the galaxy cluster A1689 (z=0.183) based on deep wide-field imaging data taken with Suprime-Cam on Subaru telescope. A maximum entropy method has been used to reconstruct directly the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Keiichi Umetsu , Masahiro Takada , Tom Broadhurst

We analyze the seldomly discussed lensing effects expected in low-z clusters (z = 0.05-0.15), using as an example the bright arc (z=0.073) discovered by Campusano and Hardy(1996) near the dominant cD galaxy of the cluster Abell 3408…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Luis E. Campusano , Jean-Paul Kneib , Eduardo Hardy

(abridged) We present a comprehensive lensing analysis of the rich cluster Cl0024+1654 based on panoramic sparse-sampled imaging conducted with HST. We demonstrate an ability to detect reliably weak lensing signals to a cluster radius of ~5…

[Abridged] We present a comparison between weak-lensing (WL) and X-ray mass estimates of a sample of numerically simulated clusters. The sample consists on the 20 most massive objects at redshift z=0.25 and Mvir > 5 x 10^{14} Msun h^{-1}.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 E. Rasia , M. Meneghetti , R. Martino , S. Borgani , A. Bonafede , K. Dolag , S. Ettori , D. Fabjan , C. Giocoli , P. Mazzotta , J. Merten , M. Radovich , L. Tornatore