The consequences of parity symmetry for higher-order statistics of cosmic shear and other polar fields

Details The consequences of parity symmetry for higher-order statistics of cosmic shear and other polar fields The consequences of parity symmetry for higher-order statistics of cosmic shear and other polar fields

2003-05-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305240v2

Astron.Astrophys. 408 (2003) 829-834

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, no figures, minor changes to match the paper published in Astronomy & Astrophysics 408, 829--834

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10.1051/0004-6361:20031035

We consider the parity transformation and the consequences of parity invariance on the $n$-point correlation function of the cosmic shear, or any other polar (or `spin-2') field. The decomposition of the shear field into E- and B-modes then yields the result that any correlation function which contains an odd number of B-mode shear components vanishes for parity-invariant random shear fields. This result is at variance with some statements in the literature, and the reasons for this is explained. We argue that the parity invariance provides a very specific diagnostic of systematic effects in shear data.

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