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The Mid Infra Red Instrument (MIRI) is one of the four instruments onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), providing imaging, coronagraphy and spectroscopy over the 5-28 microns band. To verify the optical performance of the…

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…

A wide field space-based imaging telescope is necessary to fully exploit the technique of observing dark matter via weak gravitational lensing. This first paper in a three part series outlines the survey strategies and relevant instrumental…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Jason Rhodes , Alexandre Refregier , Richard Massey , the SNAP Collaboration

The control of systematic effects when measuring galaxy shapes is one of the main challenges for cosmic shear analyses. In this context, we study the fundamental limitations on shear accuracy due to the measurement of the Point Spread…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Paulin-Henriksson , A. Amara , L. Voigt , A. Refregier , S. L. Bridle

In a previous work we have demonstrated a novel numerical model for the point spread function (PSF) of an optical system that can efficiently model both experimental measurements and lens design simulations of the PSF. The novelty lies in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-25 Matthias Lehmann , Christian Wittpahl , Hatem Ben Zakour , Alexander Braun

We present a systematic study of projection biases in the weak lensing analysis of the first year of data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) experiment. In the analysis we used a $\Lambda$CDM model and three two-point correlation functions.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-13 P. R. V. Chintalapati , G. Gutierrez , M. H. L. S. Wang

Deblurring is a fundamental inverse problem in bioimaging. It requires modelling the point spread function (PSF), which captures the optical distortions entailed by the image formation process. The PSF limits the spatial resolution…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-04 Denis K. Samuylov , Prateek Purwar , Gábor Székely , Grégory Paul

This study investigates the application of deep-learning diffusion models for the super-resolution of weather data, a novel approach aimed at enhancing the spatial resolution and detail of meteorological variables. Leveraging the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Jan Martinů , Petr Šimánek

Aims:Calibrating the point spread function (PSF) is a fundamental part of weak gravitational lensing analyses. Even with corrected galaxy images, imperfect calibrations can introduce biases. We propose an analytical framework for…

We present a comprehensive full-sky 3-dimensional analysis of the weak-lensing fields and their corresponding power spectra. Using the formalism of spin-weight spherical harmonics and spherical Bessel functions, we relate the two-point…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. G. Castro , A. F. Heavens , T. D. Kitching

Accurate knowledge of the telescope's point spread function (PSF) is essential for the weak gravitational lensing measurements that hold great promise for cosmological constraints. For space telescopes, the PSF may vary with time due to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Zhaoming Ma , Gary Bernstein , Alan Weinstein , Michael Sholl

Determining the distribution of redshifts of galaxies observed by wide-field photometric experiments like the Dark Energy Survey is an essential component to mapping the matter density field with gravitational lensing. In this work we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 J. Myles , A. Alarcon , A. Amon , C. Sánchez , S. Everett , J. DeRose , J. McCullough , D. Gruen , G. M. Bernstein , M. A. Troxel , S. Dodelson , A. Campos , N. MacCrann , B. Yin , M. Raveri , A. Amara , M. R. Becker , A. Choi , J. Cordero , K. Eckert , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , J. Gschwend , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , E. M. Huff , N. Kuropatkin , H. Lin , D. Masters , R. Miquel , J. Prat , A. Roodman , E. S. Rykoff , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , R. H. Wechsler , B. Yanny , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , D. Bacon , E. Bertin , S. Bhargava , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. Conselice , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , T. F. Eifler , J. Elvin-Poole , A. E. Evrard , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , T. Giannantonio , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. Huterer , D. J. James , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , M. Lima , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , J. J. Mohr , R. Morgan , J. Muir , R. L. C. Ogando , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. A. Plazas , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , L. F. Secco , S. Serrano , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , T. N. Varga , J. Weller , W. Wester

We constrain extensions to the $\Lambda$CDM model using measurements from the Dark Energy Survey's first three years of observations and external data. The DES data are the two-point correlation functions of weak gravitational lensing,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-31 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , A. Alarcon , O. Alves , A. Amon , J. Annis , S. Avila , D. Bacon , E. Baxter , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , S. Birrer , J. Blazek , S. Bocquet , A. Brandao-Souza , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , H. Camacho , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , A. Chen , R. Chen , A. Choi , C. Conselice , J. Cordero , M. Costanzi , M. Crocce , L. N. da Costa , M. E. S. Pereira , C. Davis , T. M. Davis , J. DeRose , S. Desai , E. Di Valentino , H. T. Diehl , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , C. Doux , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , T. F. Eifler , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , X. Fang , A. Farahi , I. Ferrero , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , D. Friedel , O. Friedrich , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , M. Gatti , L. Giani , T. Giannantonio , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , N. Hamaus , I. Harrison , W. G. Hartley , K. Herner , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , H. Huang , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , M. Jarvis , N. Jeffrey , T. Jeltema , A. Kovacs , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , S. Lee , P. -F. Leget , P. Lemos , C. D. Leonard , A. R. Liddle , M. Lima , H. Lin , N. MacCrann , J. L. Marshall , J. McCullough , J. Mena-Fernández , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , V. Miranda , J. J. Mohr , J. Muir , J. Myles , S. Nadathur , A. Navarro-Alsina , R. C. Nichol , R. L. C. Ogando , Y. Omori , A. Palmese , S. Pandey , Y. Park , M. Paterno , F. Paz-Chinchón , W. J. Percival , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Porredon , J. Prat , M. Raveri , M. Rodriguez-Monroy , P. Rogozenski , R. P. Rollins , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , S. Samuroff , C. Sánchez , E. Sanchez , J. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , V. Scarpine , D. Scolnic , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , M. Tabbutt , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , A. Troja , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , M. Vincenzi , A. R. Walker , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

Synthetic source injection (SSI), the insertion of sources into pixel-level on-sky images, is a powerful method for characterizing object detection and measurement in wide-field, astronomical imaging surveys. Within the Dark Energy Survey…

In this communication are presented rigorous and approximate analytical expressions of the Point Spread Function (PSF) and Field of View (FoV) achievable by multi-aperture Fizeau interferometers, either of the imaging or nulling types. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 F. Henault

We present a new version of the FIT3D and Pipe3D codes, two packages to derive properties of the stellar populations and the ionized emission lines from optical spectroscopy and integral field spectroscopy data respectively. The new codes…

We present high signal-to-noise measurements of three-point shear correlations and the third moment of the mass aperture statistic using the first 3 years of data from the Dark Energy Survey. We additionally obtain the first measurements of…

We propose a methodology that combines generative latent diffusion models with physics-informed machine learning to generate solutions of parametric partial differential equations (PDEs) conditioned on partial observations, which includes,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Davide Gallon , Philippe von Wurstemberger , Patrick Cheridito , Arnulf Jentzen

Nanoparticles (NPs) have proven their applicability in biosensing, drug delivery, and photo-thermal therapy, but their performance depends critically on the distribution and number of functional groups on their surface. When studying…