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Wide-Field Lensing Mass Maps from DES Science Verification Data: Methodology and Detailed Analysis

Weak gravitational lensing allows one to reconstruct the spatial distribution of the projected mass density across the sky. These "mass maps" provide a powerful tool for studying cosmology as they probe both luminous and dark matter. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-21 V. Vikram , C. Chang , B. Jain , D. Bacon , A. Amara , M. R. Becker , G. Bernstein , C. Bonnett , S. Bridle , D. Brout , M. Busha , J. Frieman , E. Gaztanaga , W. Hartley , M. Jarvis , T. Kacprzak , A. Kovacs , O. Lahav , B. Leistedt , H. Lin , P. Melchior , H. Peiris , E. Rozo , E. Rykoff , C. Sanchez , E. Sheldon , M. A. Troxel , R. Wechsler , J. Zuntz , T. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , R. Armstrong , M. Banerji , A. H. Bauer , A. Benoit-Levy , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , D. Capozzi , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , F. J. Castander , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , C. B. D'Andrea , L. N. da Costa , D. L. DePoy , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , A. Fausti Neto , E. Fernandez , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , D. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , K. Honscheid , D. James , S. Kent , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , T. S. Li , M. A. G. Maia , M. Makler , M. March , J. Marshall , P. Martini , K. W. Merritt , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , E. Neilsen , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , R. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , I. Sevilla , R. C. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , J. Thaler , D. Thomas , A. R. Walker , J. Weller

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: tomographic cross-correlations between DES galaxies and CMB lensing from SPT+Planck

We measure the cross-correlation between redMaGiC galaxies selected from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year-1 data and gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) reconstructed from South Pole Telescope (SPT) and Planck…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 Y. Omori , T. Giannantonio , A. Porredon , E. Baxter , C. Chang , M. Crocce , P. Fosalba , A. Alarcon , N. Banik , J. Blazek , L. E. Bleem , S. L. Bridle , R. Cawthon , A. Choi , R. Chown , T. Crawford , S. Dodelson , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , J. Elvin-Poole , O. Friedrich , D. Gruen , G. P. Holder , D. Huterer , B. Jain , M. Jarvis , D. Kirk , N. Kokron , E. Krause , N. MacCrann , J. Muir , J. Prat , C. L. Reichardt , A. J. Ross , E. Rozo , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sánchez , L. F. Secco , G. Simard , R. H. Wechsler , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Allam , S. Avila , K. Aylor , B. A. Benson , G. M. Bernstein , E. Bertin , F. Bianchini , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , 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 , C. E. Cunha , L. N. da Costa , T. de Haan , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , M. A. Dobbs , W. B. Everett , P. Doel , J. Estrada , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , E. M. George , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , N. W. Halverson , N. L. Harrington , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , Z. Hou , B. Hoyle , J. D. Hrubes , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , M. Lima , D. Luong-Van , A. Manzotti , D. P. Marrone , J. L. Marshall , J. J. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , L. M. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , T. Natoli , S. Padin , A. A. Plazas , C. Pryke , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , J. E. Ruhl , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , K. K. Schaffer , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Shirokoff , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. R. Walker , W. L. K. Wu , O. Zahn

Isolating Geometry in Weak Lensing Measurements

Given a foreground galaxy-density field or shear field, its cross-correlation with the shear field from a background population of source galaxies scales with the source redshift in a way that is specific to lensing. Such a source-scaling…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jun Zhang , Lam Hui , Albert Stebbins

Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cross-correlation between DES Y1 galaxy weak lensing and SPT+Planck CMB weak lensing

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

Cosmology with galaxy cluster weak lensing: statistical limits and experimental design

We forecast constraints on the amplitude of matter clustering sigma_8(z) achievable with the combination of cluster weak lensing and number counts, in current and next-generation weak lensing surveys. We advocate an approach, analogous to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-29 Hao-Yi Wu , David H. Weinberg , Andrés N. Salcedo , Benjamin D. Wibking

Constraining Cosmology with High Convergence Regions in Weak Lensing Surveys

We propose to use a simple observable, the fractional area of "hot spots" in weak gravitational lensing mass maps which are detected with high significance, to determine background cosmological parameters. Because these high-convergence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Sheng Wang , Zoltán Haiman , Morgan May

Cosmology with imaging galaxy surveys: the impact of evolving galaxy bias and magnification

The joint analysis of galaxy clustering and galaxy-shear cross-correlations (galaxy-galaxy lensing) in imaging surveys constitutes one of the main avenues to obtain cosmological information. Analyses from Stage III surveys have assumed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-03 Shivam Pandey , Carles Sánchez , Bhuvnesh Jain , The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration

Cross-Correlation Lensing: Determining Galaxy and Cluster Mass Profiles from Statistical Weak Lensing Measurements

We present a new non-parametric method for determining mean 3D density and mass profiles from weak lensing measurements around stacked samples of galaxies or clusters, that is, from measurement of the galaxy-shear or cluster-shear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 David E. Johnston , Erin S. Sheldon , Argyro Tasitsiomi , Joshua A. Frieman , Risa Wechsler , Timothy A. McKay

Joint cosmology and mass calibration from tSZ cluster counts and cosmic shear

We present a new method for joint cosmological parameter inference and cluster mass calibration from a combination of weak lensing measurements and the abundance of thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) selected galaxy clusters. We combine…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-14 Andrina Nicola , Jo Dunkley , David N. Spergel

The z=1.03 Merging Cluster SPT-CL J0356-5337: New Strong Lensing Analysis with HST and MUSE

We present a strong lensing analysis and reconstruct the mass distribution of SPT-CL J0356-5337, a galaxy cluster at redshift z = 1.034. Our model supersedes previous models by making use of new multi-band HST data and MUSE spectroscopy. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-19 Grace Smith , Guillaume Mahler , Kate Napier , Keren Sharon , Matthew Bayliss , Bradford Benson , Lindsey Bleem , Benjamin Floyd , Michael D. Gladders , Gourav Khullar , Tim Schrabback

Constraints on Cosmological Parameters from Strong Gravitational Lensing by Galaxy Clusters

We investigate how observations of strong lensing can be used to infer cosmological parameters, in particular the equation of state of dark energy. We focus on the growth of the critical lines of lensing clusters with the source redshift as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-03 Britta Zieser , Matthias Bartelmann

RCSLenS: Cosmic Distances from Weak Lensing

In this paper we present results of applying the shear-ratio method to the RCSLenS data. The method takes the ratio of the mean of the weak lensing tangential shear signal about galaxy clusters, averaged over all clusters of the same…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-14 T. D. Kitching , M. Viola , H. Hildebrandt , A. Choi , T. Erben , D. G. Gilbank , C. Heymans , L. Miller , R. Nakajima , E. van Uitert

On the cosmology dependence of the cluster weak-lensing mass bias

Measurements of the shear induced by weak gravitational lensing around galaxy cluster lines of sight are the gold standard for calibrating cluster observable-mass relations, thereby enabling a robust and precise inference of cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-26 S. Bocquet , A. Fumagalli , C. T. Davies , K. Dolag , S. Grandis , J. J. Mohr

KiDS-1000 Methodology: Modelling and inference for joint weak gravitational lensing and spectroscopic galaxy clustering analysis

We present the methodology for a joint cosmological analysis of weak gravitational lensing from the fourth data release of the ESO Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS-1000) and galaxy clustering from the partially overlapping BOSS and 2dFLenS surveys.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 B. Joachimi , C. -A. Lin , M. Asgari , T. Tröster , C. Heymans , H. Hildebrandt , F. Köhlinger , A. G. Sánchez , A. H. Wright , M. Bilicki , C. Blake , J. L. van den Busch , M. Crocce , A. Dvornik , T. Erben , F. Getman , B. Giblin , H. Hoekstra , A. Kannawadi , K. Kuijken , N. R. Napolitano , P. Schneider , R. Scoccimarro , E. Sellentin , H. Y. Shan , M. von Wietersheim-Kramsta , J. Zuntz

Comparing Dense Galaxy Cluster Redshift Surveys with Weak Lensing Maps

We use dense redshift surveys of nine galaxy clusters at $z\sim0.2$ to compare the galaxy distribution in each system with the projected matter distribution from weak lensing. By combining 2087 new MMT/Hectospec redshifts and the data in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Ho Seong Hwang , Margaret J. Geller , Antonaldo Diaferio , Kenneth J. Rines , H. Jabran Zahid

Dissecting the Strong-lensing Galaxy Cluster MS 0440.5+0204. I. The Mass Density Profile

We present a parametric strong lensing modeling of the galaxy cluster MS\,0440.5+0204 (located at $z$ = 0.19). We have performed a strong lensing mass reconstruction of the cluster using three different models. The first model uses the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-08 Tomás Verdugo , Eleazar R. Carrasco , Gael Foëx , Verónica Motta , Percy L. Gomez , Marceau Limousin , Juan Magaña , José A. de Diego

Joint analysis of DES Year 3 data and CMB lensing from SPT and Planck II: Cross-correlation measurements and cosmological constraints

Cross-correlations of galaxy positions and galaxy shears with maps of gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are sensitive to the distribution of large-scale structure in the Universe. Such cross-correlations are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 C. Chang , Y. Omori , E. J. Baxter , C. Doux , A. Choi , S. Pandey , A. Alarcon , O. Alves , A. Amon , F. Andrade-Oliveira , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , G. M. Bernstein , F. Bianchini , J. Blazek , L. E. Bleem , H. Camacho , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , R. Cawthon , R. Chen , J. Cordero , T. M. Crawford , M. Crocce , C. Davis , J. DeRose , S. Dodelson , A. Drlica-Wagner , K. Eckert , T. F. Eifler , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , X. Fang , A. Ferté , P. Fosalba , O. Friedrich , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , I. Harrison , K. Herner , H. Huang , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , M. Jarvis , A. Kovacs , E. Krause , N. Kuropatkin , P. -F. Leget , P. Lemos , A. R. Liddle , N. MacCrann , J. McCullough , J. Muir , J. Myles , A. Navarro-Alsina , Y. Park , A. Porredon , J. Prat , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sánchez , J. Sanchez , L. F. Secco , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. A. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , W. L. K. Wu , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz , T. M. C. Abbott , M. Aguena , S. Allam , J. Annis , D. Bacon , B. A. Benson , E. Bertin , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. E. Carlstrom , J. Carretero , C. L. Chang , R. Chown , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , A. T. Crites , M. E. S. Pereira , T. de Haan , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , M. A. Dobbs , P. Doel , W. Everett , I. Ferrero , B. Flaugher , D. Friedel , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , E. M. George , T. Giannantonio , N. W. Halverson , S. R. Hinton , G. P. Holder , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , J. D. Hrubes , D. J. James , L. Knox , K. Kuehn , O. Lahav , A. T. Lee , M. Lima , D. Luong-Van , M. March , J. J. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , R. Miquel , L. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , R. Morgan , T. Natoli , S. Padin , A. Palmese , F. Paz-Chinchón , A. Pieres , A. A. Plazas Malagón , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , M. Rodríguez-Monroy , A. K. Romer , J. E. Ruhl , E. Sanchez , K. K. Schaffer , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , E. Shirokoff , M. Smith , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , C. To , J. D. Vieira , J. Weller , R. Williamson

Joint cosmological fits to DESI-DR1 full-shape clustering and weak gravitational lensing in configuration space

We present a joint $3\times2$-pt cosmological analysis of auto- and cross-correlations between the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Data Release 1 (DESI-DR1) Bright Galaxy Survey (BGS) and Luminous Red Galaxy (LRG) samples and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 A. Semenaite , C. Blake , A. Porredon , J. Aguilar , S. Ahlen , D. Bianchi , D. Brooks , F. J. Castander , T. Claybaugh , A. Cuceu , K. S. Dawson , A. de la Macorra , Biprateep Dey , P. Doel , A. Eggemeier , A. Elliott , N. Emas , S. Ferraro , A. Font-Ribera , J. E. Forero-Romero , C. Garcia-Quintero , E. Gaztañaga , S. Gontcho A Gontcho , G. Gutierrez , J. Guy , B. Hadzhiyska , H. K. Herrera-Alcantar , S. Heydenreich , K. Honscheid , C. Howlett , D. Huterer , M. Ishak , S. Joudaki , R. Joyce , E. Jullo , D. Kirkby , A. Kremin , A. Krolewski , O. Lahav , C. Lamman , M. Landriau , J. U. Lange , L. Le Guillou , A. Leauthaud , M. E. Levi , M. Manera , A. Meisner , R. Miquel , J. Moustakas , S. Nadathur , J. A. Newman , N. Palanque-Delabrouille , W. J. Percival , A. Pezzotta , C. Poppett , F. Prada , I. Pérez-Ràfols , A. Robertson G. Rossi , R. Ruggeri , A. G. Sánchez , E. Sanchez , C. Saulder , D. Schlegel , M. Schubnell , H. Seo , J. Silber , D. Sprayberry , G. Tarlé , B. A. Weaver , P. Zarrouk , R. Zhou , H. Zou

Cross-correlation Weak Lensing of SDSS Galaxy Clusters III: Mass-to-light Ratios

We present measurements of the excess mass-to-light ratio measured aroundMaxBCG galaxy clusters observed in the SDSS. This red sequence cluster sample includes objects from small groups with masses ranging from ~5x10^{12} to ~10^{15}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-02 Erin S. Sheldon , David E. Johnston , Morad Masjedi , Timothy A. McKay , Michael R. Blanton , Ryan Scranton , Risa H. Wechsler , Ben P. Koester , Sarah M. Hansen , Joshua A. Frieman , James Annis

CosmoLike - Cosmological Likelihood Analyses for Photometric Galaxy Surveys

We explore strategies to extract cosmological constraints from a joint analysis of cosmic shear, galaxy-galaxy lensing, galaxy clustering, cluster number counts and cluster weak lensing. We utilize the CosmoLike software to simulate results…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-26 Elisabeth Krause , Tim Eifler