Weak Lensing and Dark Energy

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2001-06-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0106399v2

Phys.Rev. D65 (2002) 063001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

16 pages, revtex. Peacock-Dodds PS used for all w, which weakens the constraints. Tomography sec. expanded, estimate included

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.65.063001

We study the power of upcoming weak lensing surveys to probe dark energy. Dark energy modifies the distance-redshift relation as well as the matter power spectrum, both of which affect the weak lensing convergence power spectrum. Some dark-energy models predict additional clustering on very large scales, but this probably cannot be detected by weak lensing alone due to cosmic variance. With reasonable prior information on other cosmological parameters, we find that a survey covering 1000 sq. deg. down to a limiting magnitude of R=27 can impose constraints comparable to those expected from upcoming type Ia supernova and number-count surveys. This result, however, is contingent on the control of both observational and theoretical systematics. Concentrating on the latter, we find that the {\it nonlinear} power spectrum of matter perturbations and the redshift distribution of source galaxies both need to be determined accurately in order for weak lensing to achieve its full potential. Finally, we discuss the sensitivity of the three-point statistics to dark energy.

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