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Masked areas in shear peak statistics: a forward modeling approach

Lead Author: 
Bard, Deborah et al.
Other Authors/Credits: 
Kratochvil, Jan M.; Dawson, William
Publication Date: 
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Journal Articles
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
The statistics of shear peaks have been shown to provide valuable cosmological information beyond the power spectrum, and will be an important constraint of models of cosmology with the large survey areas provided by forthcoming astronomical surveys. Surveys include masked areas due to bright stars...

Impact of Atmospheric Chromatic Effects on Weak Lensing Measurements

Lead Author: 
Meyers, Joshua E. and Burchat, Patricia R.
Publication Date: 
Monday, September 1, 2014
Journal Articles
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
Current and future imaging surveys will measure cosmic shear with statistical precision that demands a deeper understanding of potential systematic biases in galaxy shape measurements than has been achieved to date. We use analytic and computational techniques to study the impact on shape...

Spurious shear in weak lensing with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Lead Author: 
Chang, Chiway et al.
Other Authors/Credits: 
Kahn, S. M.; Jernigan, J. G.; Peterson, J. R.; AlSayyad, Y.; Ahmad, Z.; Bankert, J.; Bard, D.; Connolly, A.; Gibson, R. R.; Gilmore, K.; Grace, E.; Hannel, M.; Hodge, M. A.; Jee, M. J.; Jones, L.; Krughoff, S.; Lorenz, S.; Marshall, P. J.; Marshall, S.; Meert, A.; Nagarajan, S.; Peng, E.; Rasmussen...
Publication Date: 
Monday, November 19, 2012
Journal Articles
Journal or Publication name: 
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Citable: 
no
Abstract: 
The complete 10-yr survey from the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will image ∼20 000 deg2 of the sky in six filter bands every few nights, bringing the final survey depth to r ∼ 27.5, with over four billion well-measured galaxies. To take full advantage of this unprecedented statistical...

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