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The shear measurement from DECaLS (Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey) provides an excellent opportunity for galaxy-galaxy lensing study with DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) galaxies, given the large ($\sim 9000$ deg$^2$) sky…

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

Telescope Point Spread Function (PSF) quality is critical for realising the potential of cosmic weak lensing observations to constrain dark energy and test General Relativity. In this paper we use quantitative weak gravitational lensing…

We present the largest galaxy weak lensing mass map of the late-time Universe, reconstructed from 270 million galaxies in the DECADE and DES Year 3 datasets, covering 13,000 square degrees. We validate the map through systematic tests…

We present a catalog of 1.4 million photometrically-selected quasar candidates in the southern hemisphere over the $\sim 5000\,{\rm deg^2}$ Dark Energy Survey (DES) wide survey area. We combine optical photometry from the DES second data…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-28 Qian Yang , Yue Shen

We present an end-to-end methodology to measure the effects of weak lensing on individual galaxy-galaxy systems exploiting their kinematic information. Using this methodology, we have measured a shear signal from the velocity fields of 18…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-22 Pol Gurri , Edward N. Taylor , Christopher J. Fluke

We present the galaxy shear catalog that will be used for the three-year cosmological weak gravitational lensing analyses using data from the Wide layer of the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program (SSP) Survey. The galaxy shapes…

Weak gravitational lensing has become a widely used effect to characterise the dark-matter distribution on large scales in the Universe by measuring galaxy ellipticities and their statistical correlations. We present the first weak…

We have used the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope to perform a new emission-line survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using narrow-band H-alpha and [SII] filters in addition to a continuum band for use in…

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a five-year optical imaging campaign with the goal of understanding the origin of cosmic acceleration. DES performs a 5000 square degree survey of the southern sky in five optical bands (g,r,i,z,Y) to a depth…

With a primary goal of conducting precision weak lensing measurements from space, the COSMOS survey has imaged the largest contiguous area observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to date using the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).…

We present and characterize the catalog of galaxy shape measurements that will be used for cosmological weak lensing measurements in the Wide layer of the first year of the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) survey. The catalog covers an area of 136.9…

Weak lensing by large-scale structure is a powerful probe of cosmology and of the dark universe. This cosmic shear technique relies on the accurate measurement of the shapes and redshifts of background galaxies and requires precise control…

This overview article describes the legacy prospect and discovery potential of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) beyond cosmological studies, illustrating it with examples from the DES early data. DES is using a wide-field camera (DECam) on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-18 Dark Energy Survey Collaboration , T. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , J. Aleksic , S. Allam , A. Amara , D. Bacon , E. Balbinot , M. Banerji , K. Bechtol , A. Benoit-Levy , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , C. Bonnett , S. Bridle , D. Brooks , R. J. Brunner , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , G. B. Caminha , D. Capozzi , J. Carlsen , A. Carnero-Rosell , M. Carollo , M. Carrasco-Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , L. Clerkin , T. Collett , C. Conselice , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , T. M. Davis , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , J. Estrada , J. Etherington , A. E. Evrard , J. Fabbri , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , P. Rosalba , J. Frieman , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , D. A. Goldstein , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , P. Guarnieri , G. Gutierrez , W. Hartley , K. Honscheid , B. Jain , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , S. Jouvel , R. Kessler , A. King , D. Kirk , R. Kron , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , M. Makler , M. Manera , C. Maraston , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , R. G. McMahon , P. Melchior , A. Merson , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , X. Morice-Atkinson , K. Naidoo , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , R. Ogando , F. Ostrovski , A. Palmese , A. Papadopoulos , H. Peiris , J. Peoples , W. J. Percival , A. A. Plazas , S. L. Reed , A. Refregier , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , A. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , I. Sadeh , M. Sako , C. Sanchez , E. Sanchez , B. Santiago , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , M. Soumagnac , E. Suchyta , M. Sullivan , M. Swanson , G. Tarle , J. Thaler , D. Thomas , R. C. Thomas , D. Tucker , J. D. Vieira , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , W. Wester , L. Whiteway , H. Wilcox , B. Yanny , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

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

In this work we present the galaxy clustering measurements of the two DES lens galaxy samples: a magnitude-limited sample optimized for the measurement of cosmological parameters, MagLim, and a sample of luminous red galaxies selected with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 M. Rodríguez-Monroy , N. Weaverdyck , J. Elvin-Poole , M. Crocce , A. Carnero Rosell , F. Andrade-Oliveira , S. Avila , K. Bechtol , G. M. Bernstein , J. Blazek , H. Camacho , R. Cawthon , J. De Vicente , J. DeRose , S. Dodelson , S. Everett , X. Fang , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , O. Friedrich , E. Gaztanaga , G. Giannini , R. A. Gruendl , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , E. M. Huff , M. Jarvis , E. Krause , N. MacCrann , J. Mena-Fernández , J. Muir , S. Pandey , Y. Park , A. Porredon , J. Prat , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Tabbutt , C. To , E. L. Wagoner , R. H. Wechsler , M. Aguena , S. Allam , A. Amon , J. Annis , D. Bacon , E. Baxter , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , A. Choi , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , T. Giannantonio , D. Gruen , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , J. J. Mohr , R. Morgan , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Roodman , V. Scarpine , S. Serrano , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , T. N. Varga

We cross-correlate galaxy weak lensing measurements from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) year-one (Y1) data with a cosmic microwave background (CMB) weak lensing map derived from South Pole Telescope (SPT) and Planck data, with an effective…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 Y. Omori , E. Baxter , C. Chang , D. Kirk , A. Alarcon , G. M. Bernstein , L. E. Bleem , R. Cawthon , A. Choi , R. Chown , T. M. Crawford , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , J. DeRose , S. Dodelson , T. F. Eifler , P. Fosalba , O. Friedrich , M. Gatti , E. Gaztanaga , T. Giannantonio , D. Gruen , W. G. Hartley , G. P. Holder , B. Hoyle , D. Huterer , B. Jain , M. Jarvis , E. Krause , N. MacCrann , R. Miquel , J. Prat , M. M. Rau , C. L. Reichardt , E. Rozo , S. Samuroff , C. Sánchez , L. F. Secco , E. Sheldon , G. Simard , M. A. Troxel , P. Vielzeuf , R. H. Wechsler , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , J. Annis , S. Avila , K. Aylor , B. A. Benson , E. Bertin , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. E. Carlstrom , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. L. Chang , H-M. Cho , A. T. Crites , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , L. N. da Costa , T. de Haan , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , M. A. Dobbs , W. B. Everett , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. M. George , R. A. Gruendl , G. Gutierrez , N. W. Halverson , N. L. Harrington , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , W. L. Holzapfel , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , M. Lima , H. Lin , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Luong-Van , M. A. G. Maia , A. Manzotti , D. P. Marrone , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , J. J. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , L. M. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , T. Natoli , R. L. C. Ogando , S. Padin , A. A. Plazas , C. Pryke , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , J. E. Ruhl , E. S. Rykoff , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , K. K. Schaffer , R. Schindler , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Shirokoff , M. Smith , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , J. Weller , R. Williamson , W. L. K. Wu , O. Zahn

The effective redshift distribution $n(z)$ of galaxies is a critical component in the study of weak gravitational lensing. Here, we introduce a new method for determining $n(z)$ for weak lensing surveys based on high-quality redshifts and…

In the past few years, several independent collaborations have presented cosmological constraints from tomographic cosmic shear analyses. These analyses differ in many aspects: the datasets, the shear and photometric redshift estimation…