Cluster mass profile reconstruction with size and flux magnification on the HST STAGES survey
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Author(s)
Duncan, CAJ
Heymans, C
Heavens, AF
Joachimi, B
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We present the first measurement of individual cluster mass estimates using weak lensing size and flux magnification. Using data from the HST STAGES (Space Telescope A901/902 Galaxy Evolution Survey) survey of the A901/902 supercluster we detect the four known groups in the supercluster at high significance using magnification alone. We discuss the application of a fully Bayesian inference analysis, and investigate a broad range of potential systematics in the application of the method. We compare our results to a previous weak lensing shear analysis of the same field finding the recovered signal-to-noise of our magnification-only analysis to range from 45 to 110 per cent of the signal-to-noise in the shear-only analysis. On a case-by-case basis we find consistent magnification and shear constraints on cluster virial radius, and finding that for the full sample, magnification constraints to be a factor 0.77 ± 0.18 lower than the shear measurements.
Date Issued
2016-01-25
Date Acceptance
2016-01-01
Citation
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016, 457 (1), pp.764-785
ISSN
1365-2966
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Start Page
764
End Page
785
Journal / Book Title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume
457
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Sponsor
Imperial College Trust
Imperial College Trust
Grant Number
N/A
NA
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
gravitational lensing: weak
methods: data analysis
galaxies: clusters: general
dark matter
GALAXY SHAPE MEASUREMENT
WEAK LENSING ANALYSIS
LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE
COSMIC SHEAR
DARK-MATTER
GRAVITATIONAL DISTORTIONS
PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS
FUNDAMENTAL PLANE
COMBO-17
COMPLEMENTARITY
0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences
Publication Status
Published