Wide-field lensing mass maps from DES Science Verification Data

C. Chang; V. Vikram; B. Jain; D. Bacon; A. Amara; M. R. Becker; G. Bernstein; C. Bonnett; S. Bridle; D. Brout; M. Busha; J. Frieman; E. Gaztanaga; W. Hartley; M. Jarvis; T. Kacprzak; A. Kovacs; O. Lahav; H. Lin; P. Melchior; H. Peiris; E. Rozo; E. Rykoff; C. Sanchez; E. Sheldon; M. A. Troxel; R. Wechsler; J. Zuntz; T. Abbott; F. B. Abdalla; S. Allam; J. Annis; A. H. Bauer; A. Benoit-Levy; D. Brooks; E. Buckley-Geer; D. L. Burke; D. Capozzi; A. Carnero Rosell; M. Carrasco Kind; F. J. Castander; M. Crocce; C. B. D'Andrea; S. Desai; H. T. Diehl; J. P. Dietrich; P. Doel; T. F. Eifler; A. E. Evrard; A. Fausti Neto; B. Flaugher; P. Fosalba; D. Gruen; R. A. Gruendl; G. Gutierrez; K. Honscheid; D. James; S. Kent; K. Kuehn; N. Kuropatkin; M. A. G. Maia; M. March; P. Martini; K. W. Merritt; C. J. Miller; R. Miquel; E. Neilsen; R. C. Nichol; R. Ogando; A. A. Plazas; A. K. Romer; A. Roodman; M. Sako; E. Sanchez; I. Sevilla; R. C. Smith; M. Soares-Santos; F. Sobreira; E. Suchyta; G. Tarle; J. Thaler; D. Thomas; D. Tucker; A. R. Walker

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.051301

Wide-field lensing mass maps from DES Science Verification Data

C. Chang, V. Vikram, B. Jain, D. Bacon, A. Amara, M. R. Becker, G. Bernstein, C. Bonnett, S. Bridle, D. Brout, M. Busha, J. Frieman, E. Gaztanaga, W. Hartley, M. Jarvis, T. Kacprzak, A. Kovacs, O. Lahav, H. Lin, P. MelchiorH. Peiris, E. Rozo, E. Rykoff, C. Sanchez, E. Sheldon, M. A. Troxel, R. Wechsler, J. Zuntz, T. Abbott, F. B. Abdalla, S. Allam, J. Annis, A. H. Bauer, A. Benoit-Levy, D. Brooks, E. Buckley-Geer, D. L. Burke, D. Capozzi, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, F. J. Castander, M. Crocce, C. B. D'Andrea, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, J. P. Dietrich, P. Doel, T. F. Eifler, A. E. Evrard, A. Fausti Neto, B. Flaugher, P. Fosalba, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, K. Honscheid, D. James, S. Kent, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, M. A. G. Maia, M. March, P. Martini, K. W. Merritt, C. J. Miller, R. Miquel, E. Neilsen, R. C. Nichol, R. Ogando, A. A. Plazas, A. K. Romer, A. Roodman, M. Sako, E. Sanchez, I. Sevilla, R. C. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, F. Sobreira, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, J. Thaler, D. Thomas, D. Tucker, A. R. Walker

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We present a mass map reconstructed from weak gravitational lensing shear measurements over 139 deg 2 from the Dark Energy Survey science verification data. The mass map probes both luminous and dark matter, thus providing a tool for studying cosmology. We find good agreement between the mass map and the distribution of massive galaxy clusters identified using a red-sequence cluster finder. Potential candidates for superclusters and voids are identified using these maps. We measure the cross-correlation between the mass map and a magnitude-limited foreground galaxy sample and find a detection at the 6.8σ level with 20 arc min smoothing. These measurements are consistent with simulated galaxy catalogs based on N -body simulations from a cold dark matter model with a cosmological constant. This suggests low systematics uncertainties in the map. We summarize our key findings in this Letter; the detailed methodology and tests for systematics are presented in a companion paper.

Original language	English
Article number	051301
Pages (from-to)	051301
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	115
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.051301
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2015

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Chang, C., Vikram, V., Jain, B., Bacon, D., Amara, A., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G., Bonnett, C., Bridle, S., Brout, D., Busha, M., Frieman, J., Gaztanaga, E., Hartley, W., Jarvis, M., Kacprzak, T., Kovacs, A., Lahav, O., Lin, H., ... Walker, A. R. (2015). Wide-field lensing mass maps from DES Science Verification Data. Physical Review Letters, 115(5), 051301. Article 051301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.051301

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