Weak Lensing Mass Calibration with Shear and Magnification

Details Weak Lensing Mass Calibration with Shear and Magnification Weak Lensing Mass Calibration with Shear and Magnification

2010-09-29

arxiv.org/abs/1009.5735v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

7 pages, 4 figures

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We study how joint shear and magnification measurements improve the statistical precision of weak lensing mass calibration experiments, relative to standard shear-only analysis. For our magnification measurements, we consider not only the impact of lensing on the source density of galaxies, but also the apparent increase in source sizes. The combination of all three lensing probes - density, size, and shear - can improve the statistical precision of mass estimates by as much as 40% - 50%. This number is insensitive to survey assumptions, though it depends on the degree of knowledge of the parameters controlling the magnification measurements, and on the value of the parameter q that characterizes the response of the source population to magnification. Furthermore, the combination of magnification and shear allows for powerful cross-checks on residual systematics (such as point spread function corrections) at the few percent level.

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