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We report the weak lensing discovery, spectroscopic confirmation, and weak lensing tomography of a massive cluster of galaxies at $z=0.68$, demonstrating that shear selection of clusters works at redshifts high enough to be cosmologically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Wittman , V. E. Margoniner , J. A. Tyson , J. G. Cohen , I. P. Dell'Antonio , A. C. Becker

Weak gravitational lensing of distant galaxies by foreground structures has proven to be a powerful tool to study the mass distribution in the universe. The advent of panoramic cameras on 4m class telescope has led to a first generation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-23 Henk Hoekstra

Evolution in the mass function of galaxy clusters sensitively traces both the expansion history of the Universe and cosmological structure formation. Robust cluster mass determinations are a key ingredient for a reliable measurement of this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Holger Israel , Thomas Erben , Thomas H. Reiprich , Alexey Vikhlinin , Craig L. Sarazin , Peter Schneider

Weak lensing applied to deep optical images of clusters of galaxies provides a powerful tool to reconstruct the distribution of the gravitating mass associated to these structures. We use the shear signal extracted by an analysis of deep…

Weak lensing surveys are emerging as an important tool for the construction of "mass selected" clusters of galaxies. We evaluate both the efficiency and completeness of a weak lensing selection by combining a dense, complete redshift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Margaret J. Geller , Michael J. Kurtz , Ian P. Dell'Antonio , Massimo Ramella , Daniel G. Fabricant

Galaxy clusters are considered as excellent probes for cosmology. For that purpose, their mass needs to be measured and their structural properties needs to be understood. We propose a method for galaxy cluster mass reconstruction which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-19 Xinzhong Er , Guoliang Li , Peter Schneider

We construct the largest curved-sky galaxy weak lensing mass map to date from the DES first-year (DES Y1) data. The map, about 10 times larger than previous work, is constructed over a contiguous $\approx1,500 $deg$^2$, covering a comoving…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-21 C. Chang , A. Pujol , B. Mawdsley , D. Bacon , J. Elvin-Poole , P. Melchior , A. Kovács , B. Jain , B. Leistedt , T. Giannantonio , A. Alarcon , E. Baxter , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , A. Benoit-Lévy , G. M. Bernstein , C. Bonnett , M. T. Busha , A. Carnero Rosell , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , J. DeRose , A. Drlica-Wagner , P. Fosalba , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , D. Gruen , J. Gschwend , W. G. Hartley , B. Hoyle , E. M. Huff , M. Jarvis , N. Jeffrey , T. Kacprzak , H. Lin , N. MacCrann , M. A. G. Maia , R. L. C. Ogando , J. Prat , M. M. Rau , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , C. Sánchez , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , M. A. Troxel , T. N. Varga , P. Vielzeuf , V. Vikram , R. H. Wechsler , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , J. Annis , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , J. Estrada , A. Fausti Neto , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , S. Kent , D. Kirk , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , M. March , P. Martini , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , D. Petravick , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , M. Sako , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , D. L. Tucker , A. R. Walker , W. Wester , Y. Zhang

We measure the weak lensing shear around galaxy troughs, i.e. the radial alignment of background galaxies relative to underdensities in projections of the foreground galaxy field over a wide range of redshift in Science Verification data…

We present the first reconstruction of dark matter maps from weak lensing observational data using deep learning. We train a convolution neural network (CNN) with a Unet based architecture on over $3.6\times10^5$ simulated data realizations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-26 Niall Jeffrey , François Lanusse , Ofer Lahav , Jean-Luc Starck

We present weak lensing mass estimates of seven shear-selected galaxy cluster candidates from the Deep Lens Survey. The clusters were previously identified as mass peaks in convergence maps of 8.6 sq. deg of R band imaging, and followed up…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-17 Alexandra Abate , D. Wittman , V. E. Margoniner , S. L. Bridle , Perry Gee , J. Anthony Tyson , Ian P. Dell Antonio

We present a quantitative analysis of the largest contiguous maps of projected mass density obtained from gravitational lensing shear. We use data from the 154 deg2 covered by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey. Our study is…

We present an in-depth weak lensing analysis of the cluster MS1008 based on deep multicolor imaging obtained during the Science Verification of FORS1 at the VLT. The image quality (half arcsec seeing) and depth of the VLT images allow the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Lombardi , P. Rosati , M. Nonino , M. Girardi , S. Borgani , G. Squires

Alternative to weak lensing measurements through cosmic shear, we present a weak lensing convergence $\hat{\kappa}$ map reconstructed through cosmic magnification effect in DECaLS galaxies of the DESI imaging surveys DR9. This is achieved…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-05 Jian Qin , Pengjie Zhang , Haojie Xu , Yu Yu , Ji Yao , Ruijie Ma , Huanyuan Shan

High-resolution mapping of cosmic mass distribution is essential for a variety of astrophysical applications including understanding cosmic structure formation, and galaxy formation and evolution. However dark matter is not directly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 Supranta S. Boruah , Michael Jacob , Bhuvnesh Jain , Riya Maiya , Raghav Venkataramanan

Weak lensing is one of the best available diagnostic tools to measure the total density profiles of distant clusters of galaxies. Unfortunately, it suffers from the well-known mass-sheet degeneracy, so that weak lensing analyses cannot lead…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Alessandro Sonnenfeld , Giuseppe Bertin , Marco Lombardi

We present cosmological results from a combined analysis of galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing, using 1321 deg$^2$ of $griz$ imaging data from the first year of the Dark Energy Survey (DES Y1). We combine three two-point…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-04 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , A. Alarcon , J. Aleksić , S. Allam , S. Allen , A. Amara , J. Annis , J. Asorey , S. Avila , D. Bacon , E. Balbinot , M. Banerji , N. Banik , W. Barkhouse , M. Baumer , E. Baxter , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , A. Benoit-Lévy , B. A. Benson , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , D. Brout , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , M. T. Busha , D. Capozzi , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , N. Chen , M. Childress , A. Choi , C. Conselice , R. Crittenden , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , R. Das , T. M. Davis , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , D. L. DePoy , J. DeRose , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , A. E. Elliott , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , Y. Fang , E. Fernandez , A. Ferté , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , O. Friedrich , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Garcia-Fernandez , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , M. S. S. Gill , K. Glazebrook , D. A. Goldstein , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , S. Hamilton , W. G. Hartley , S. R. Hinton , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , T. Jeltema , M. D. Johnson , M. W. G. Johnson , T. Kacprzak , S. Kent , A. G. Kim , A. King , D. Kirk , N. Kokron , A. Kovacs , E. Krause , C. Krawiec , A. Kremin , K. Kuehn , S. Kuhlmann , N. Kuropatkin , F. Lacasa , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , A. R. Liddle , C. Lidman , M. Lima , H. Lin , N. MacCrann , M. A. G. Maia , M. Makler , M. Manera , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , R. G. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , V. Miranda , D. Mudd , J. Muir , A. Möller , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , P. Nugent , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , J. Peacock , H. V. Peiris , J. Peoples , W. J. Percival , D. Petravick , A. A. Plazas , A. Porredon , J. Prat , A. Pujol , M. M. Rau , A. Refregier , P. M. Ricker , N. Roe , R. P. Rollins , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , M. Sako , A. I. Salvador , S. Samuroff , C. Sánchez , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , D. Scolnic , L. F. Secco , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , R. C. Smith , M. Smith , J. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , D. L. Tucker , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , T. N. Varga , P. Vielzeuf , V. Vikram , A. K. Vivas , A. R. Walker , M. Wang , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , W. Wester , R. C. Wolf , B. Yanny , F. Yuan , A. Zenteno , B. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

We present reconstructed convergence maps, \textit{mass maps}, from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) third year (Y3) weak gravitational lensing data set. The mass maps are weighted projections of the density field (primarily dark matter) in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-23 N. Jeffrey , M. Gatti , C. Chang , L. Whiteway , U. Demirbozan , A. Kovacs , G. Pollina , D. Bacon , N. Hamaus , T. Kacprzak , O. Lahav , F. Lanusse , B. Mawdsley , S. Nadathur , J. L. Starck , P. Vielzeuf , D. Zeurcher , A. Alarcon , A. Amon , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Cawthon , R. Chen , A. Choi , J. Cordero , C. Davis , J. DeRose , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , A. Ferté , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , N. Kuropatkin , M. Jarvis , P. F. Leget , N. MacCrann , J. McCullough , J. Muir , J. Myles , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Pandey , J. Prat , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sánchez , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , B. Yanny B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , F. Andrade-Oliveira , M. R. Becker , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , P. Doel , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , B. Hoyle , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , R. Morgan , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. A. Plazas , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , S. Serrano , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , J. Weller

The use of large, X-ray selected galaxy cluster catalogues for cosmological analyses requires a thorough understanding of the X-ray mass estimates. Weak gravitational lensing is an ideal method to shed light on such issues, due to its…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-05 Melanie Simet , Nicholas Battaglia , Rachel Mandelbaum , Uroš Seljak

We report weak-lensing masses for 51 of the most X-ray luminous galaxy clusters known. This cluster sample, introduced earlier in this series of papers, spans redshifts 0.15 < z_cl < 0.7, and is well suited to calibrate mass proxies for…