scholarly journals Weak lensing in DES Y3: redshift distributions, shape catalogue, and mass mapping

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Gatti
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2020 ◽  
Vol 492 (4) ◽  
pp. 5023-5029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niall Jeffrey ◽  
François Lanusse ◽  
Ofer Lahav ◽  
Jean-Luc Starck

ABSTRACT We present the first reconstruction of dark matter maps from weak lensing observational data using deep learning. We train a convolution neural network with a U-Net-based architecture on over 3.6 × 105 simulated data realizations with non-Gaussian shape noise and with cosmological parameters varying over a broad prior distribution. We interpret our newly created dark energy survey science verification (DES SV) map as an approximation of the posterior mean P(κ|γ) of the convergence given observed shear. Our DeepMass1 method is substantially more accurate than existing mass-mapping methods. With a validation set of 8000 simulated DES SV data realizations, compared to Wiener filtering with a fixed power spectrum, the DeepMass method improved the mean square error (MSE) by 11 per cent. With N-body simulated MICE mock data, we show that Wiener filtering, with the optimal known power spectrum, still gives a worse MSE than our generalized method with no input cosmological parameters; we show that the improvement is driven by the non-linear structures in the convergence. With higher galaxy density in future weak lensing data unveiling more non-linear scales, it is likely that deep learning will be a leading approach for mass mapping with Euclid and LSST.


2017 ◽  
Vol 839 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Schneider ◽  
K. Y. Ng ◽  
W. A. Dawson ◽  
P. J. Marshall ◽  
J. E. Meyers ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 591 ◽  
pp. A2 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Lanusse ◽  
J.-L. Starck ◽  
A. Leonard ◽  
S. Pires

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhishek S. Maniyar ◽  
Yacine Ali-Haïmoud ◽  
Julien Carron ◽  
Antony Lewis ◽  
Mathew S. Madhavacheril
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2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (2) ◽  
pp. 2627-2644
Author(s):  
David Harvey ◽  
Andrew Robertson ◽  
Sut-Ieng Tam ◽  
Mathilde Jauzac ◽  
Richard Massey ◽  
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ABSTRACT If properly calibrated, the shapes of galaxy clusters can be used to investigate many physical processes: from feedback and quenching of star formation, to the nature of dark matter. Theorists frequently measure shapes using moments of inertia of simulated particles’. We instead create mock (optical, X-ray, strong-, and weak-lensing) observations of the 22 most massive ($\sim 10^{14.7}\, \mathrm{ M}_\odot$) relaxed clusters in the BAHAMAS simulations. We find that observable measures of shape are rounder. Even when moments of inertia are projected into 2D and evaluated at matched radius, they overestimate ellipticity by 56 per cent (compared to observable strong lensing) and 430 per cent (compared to observable weak lensing). Therefore, we propose matchable quantities and test them using observations of eight relaxed clusters from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Chandra X-Ray Observatory. We also release our HST data reduction and lensing analysis software to the community. In real clusters, the ellipticity and orientation angle at all radii are strongly correlated. In simulated clusters, the ellipticity of inner (<rvir/20) regions becomes decoupled: for example, with greater misalignment of the central cluster galaxy. This may indicate overly efficient implementation of feedback from active galactic nuclei. Future exploitation of cluster shapes as a function of radii will require better understanding of core baryonic processes. Exploitation of shapes on any scale will require calibration on simulations extended all the way to mock observations.


Author(s):  
E Gaztanaga ◽  
S J Schmidt ◽  
M D Schneider ◽  
J A Tyson

Abstract We test the impact of some systematic errors in weak lensing magnification measurements with the COSMOS 30-band photo-z Survey flux limited to Iauto < 25.0 using correlations of both source galaxy counts and magnitudes. Systematic obscuration effects are measured by comparing counts and magnification correlations. We use the ACS-HST catalogs to identify potential blending objects (close pairs) and perform the magnification analyses with and without blended objects. We find that blending effects start to be important (∼ 0.04 mag obscuration) at angular scales smaller than 0.1 arcmin. Extinction and other systematic obscuration effects can be as large as 0.10 mag (U-band) but are typically smaller than 0.02 mag depending on the band. After applying these corrections, we measure a 3.9σ magnification signal that is consistent for both counts and magnitudes. The corresponding projected mass profiles of galaxies at redshift z ≃ 0.6 (MI ≃ −21) is Σ = 25 ± 6M⊙h3/pc2 at 0.1 Mpc/h, consistent with NFW type profile with M200 ≃ 2 × 1012M⊙h/pc2. Tangential shear and flux-size magnification over the same lenses show similar mass profiles. We conclude that magnification from counts and fluxes using photometric redshifts has the potential to provide complementary weak lensing information in future wide field surveys once we carefully take into account systematic effects, such as obscuration and blending.


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