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Mapping dark matter and finding filaments: calibration of lensing analysis techniques on simulated data

Tam, S.-I.; Massey, R.; Jauzac, M.; Robertson, A.

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Sut-Ieng Tam sut-ieng.tam@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy



Abstract

We quantify the performance of mass mapping techniques on mock imaging and gravitational lensing data of galaxy clusters. The optimum method depends upon the scientific goal. We assess measurements of clusters’ radial density profiles, departures from sphericity, and their filamentary attachment to the cosmic web. We find that mass maps produced by direct (KS93) inversion of shear measurements are unbiased, and that their noise can be suppressed via filtering with MRLENS. Forward-fitting techniques, such as LENSTOOL, suppress noise further, but at a cost of biased ellipticity in the cluster core and overestimation of mass at large radii. Interestingly, current searches for filaments are noise-limited by the intrinsic shapes of weakly lensed galaxies, rather than by the projection of line-of-sight structures. Therefore, space-based or balloon-based imaging surveys that resolve a high density of lensed galaxies could soon detect one or two filaments around most clusters.

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Tam, S., Massey, R., Jauzac, M., & Robertson, A. (2020). Mapping dark matter and finding filaments: calibration of lensing analysis techniques on simulated data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(3), 3973-3990. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1756

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 12, 2020
Online Publication Date Jun 19, 2020
Publication Date 2020-08
Deposit Date Oct 20, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN 0035-8711
Electronic ISSN 1365-2966
Publisher Royal Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 496
Issue 3
Pages 3973-3990
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1756

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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ©: 2020 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.





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