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望远镜光学与弱透镜:由低阶像差引起的PSF图样

Telescope Optics and Weak Lensing: PSF Patterns due to Low Order Aberrations

Mike Jarvis, Paul Schechter, Bhuvnesh Jain

摘要:

在弱透镜研究中,星系的形状是用恒星图像去卷积的点扩散函数(PSF)的影响。在本文中,我们使用的望远镜光学的物理模型,以了解在像平面的PSF的空间变化。我们引入了一组参数来模拟关键像差,包括离焦,焦平面倾斜,初级和离轴像散。我们还包括引导和观看的效果。我们测试我们的模型与数据从布兰科4米望远镜在Cerro Tololo,智利。我们发现,物理模型描述了PSF的大小和各向异性的视野(超过90%,基于卡方度量)的相当一部分。我们确定的PSF模式的主要贡献者,并研究其协方差和主成分。我们还确定与引力对望远镜的影响的相关性。最后,我们讨论了PSF估计的改进,可以通过将本研究中的物理模型与Jarvis和Jain(2004)的纯经验方法相结合来实现。

英文摘要:

In weak lensing investigations, galaxy shapes are deconvolved for the effects of the point spread function (PSF) using stellar images. In this paper we use physical models of the telescope optics to understand the spatial variation of the PSF in the image plane. We introduce a set of parameters to model the key aberrations, which include defocus, focal plane tilt, primary and off-axis astigmatism. We also include the effects of guiding and seeing. We test our model with data from the Blanco 4 meter telescope in Cerro Tololo, Chile. We find that the physical model describes a substantial part of the PSF size and anisotropy over the field of view (over 90 percent of it, based on a chi-squared metric). We identify the primary contributors to the PSF patterns and study their covariances and principal components. We also identify correlations with the effect of gravity on the telescope. Finally, we discuss the improvements in PSF estimation that may be achieved by combining the physical model in this study with the purely empirical approach of Jarvis and Jain (2004).

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