Effect of measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from shear peak statistics with large synoptic survey telescope

We study the effect of galaxy shape measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from the statistics of shear peak counts with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). We use the LSST Image Simulator in combination with cosmological N-body simulations to model realistic shear maps for...

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Main Authors: Bard, D., Kratochvil, J., Chang, C., May, M., Kahn, S., Alsayyad, Y., Ahmad, Ziad, Bankert, J., Connolly, A., Gibson, R., Gilmore, K., Grace, E., Haiman, Z., Hannel, M., Huffenberger, K., Jernigan, J., Jones, L., Krughoff, S., Lorenz, S., Marshall, S., Meert, A., Nagarajan, S., Peng, E., Peterson, J., Rasmussen, A., Shmakova, M., Sylvestre, N., Todd, N., Young, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18076
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author Bard, D.
Kratochvil, J.
Chang, C.
May, M.
Kahn, S.
Alsayyad, Y.
Ahmad, Ziad
Bankert, J.
Connolly, A.
Gibson, R.
Gilmore, K.
Grace, E.
Haiman, Z.
Hannel, M.
Huffenberger, K.
Jernigan, J.
Jones, L.
Krughoff, S.
Lorenz, S.
Marshall, S.
Meert, A.
Nagarajan, S.
Peng, E.
Peterson, J.
Rasmussen, A.
Shmakova, M.
Sylvestre, N.
Todd, N.
Young, M.
author_facet Bard, D.
Kratochvil, J.
Chang, C.
May, M.
Kahn, S.
Alsayyad, Y.
Ahmad, Ziad
Bankert, J.
Connolly, A.
Gibson, R.
Gilmore, K.
Grace, E.
Haiman, Z.
Hannel, M.
Huffenberger, K.
Jernigan, J.
Jones, L.
Krughoff, S.
Lorenz, S.
Marshall, S.
Meert, A.
Nagarajan, S.
Peng, E.
Peterson, J.
Rasmussen, A.
Shmakova, M.
Sylvestre, N.
Todd, N.
Young, M.
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description We study the effect of galaxy shape measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from the statistics of shear peak counts with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). We use the LSST Image Simulator in combination with cosmological N-body simulations to model realistic shear maps for different cosmological models. We include both galaxy shape noise and, for the first time, measurement errors on galaxy shapes. We find that the measurement errors considered have relatively little impact on the constraining power of shear peak counts for LSST.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-180762023-02-22T06:24:16Z Effect of measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from shear peak statistics with large synoptic survey telescope Bard, D. Kratochvil, J. Chang, C. May, M. Kahn, S. Alsayyad, Y. Ahmad, Ziad Bankert, J. Connolly, A. Gibson, R. Gilmore, K. Grace, E. Haiman, Z. Hannel, M. Huffenberger, K. Jernigan, J. Jones, L. Krughoff, S. Lorenz, S. Marshall, S. Meert, A. Nagarajan, S. Peng, E. Peterson, J. Rasmussen, A. Shmakova, M. Sylvestre, N. Todd, N. Young, M. We study the effect of galaxy shape measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from the statistics of shear peak counts with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). We use the LSST Image Simulator in combination with cosmological N-body simulations to model realistic shear maps for different cosmological models. We include both galaxy shape noise and, for the first time, measurement errors on galaxy shapes. We find that the measurement errors considered have relatively little impact on the constraining power of shear peak counts for LSST. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18076 10.1088/0004-637X/774/1/49 Institute of Physics Publishing unknown
spellingShingle Bard, D.
Kratochvil, J.
Chang, C.
May, M.
Kahn, S.
Alsayyad, Y.
Ahmad, Ziad
Bankert, J.
Connolly, A.
Gibson, R.
Gilmore, K.
Grace, E.
Haiman, Z.
Hannel, M.
Huffenberger, K.
Jernigan, J.
Jones, L.
Krughoff, S.
Lorenz, S.
Marshall, S.
Meert, A.
Nagarajan, S.
Peng, E.
Peterson, J.
Rasmussen, A.
Shmakova, M.
Sylvestre, N.
Todd, N.
Young, M.
Effect of measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from shear peak statistics with large synoptic survey telescope
title Effect of measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from shear peak statistics with large synoptic survey telescope
title_full Effect of measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from shear peak statistics with large synoptic survey telescope
title_fullStr Effect of measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from shear peak statistics with large synoptic survey telescope
title_full_unstemmed Effect of measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from shear peak statistics with large synoptic survey telescope
title_short Effect of measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from shear peak statistics with large synoptic survey telescope
title_sort effect of measurement errors on predicted cosmological constraints from shear peak statistics with large synoptic survey telescope
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18076