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来自空间的弱透镜:来自三点剪切统计的第一宇宙学约束

Weak lensing from space: first cosmological constraints from three-point shear statistics

Elisabetta Semboloni, Tim Schrabback, Ludovic van Waerbeke, Sanaz Vafaei, Jan Hartlap, Stefan Hilbert

摘要:

我们使用来自哈勃太空望远镜COSMOS巡天的弱透镜数据来测量宇宙剪切场的二阶和三阶矩,估计约有450,000个星系,平均红移<z>约为1.3。我们使用树码测量两点和三点剪切统计,将信号分为E,B和混合分量。我们提出了一个检测的光圈质量统计的三阶矩,并验证测量是强大的对系统误差所造成的点扩散函数(PSF)的残差和星系之间的内在对齐。测得的三点宇宙剪切信号的振幅与WMAP 7最佳拟合模型的预测非常一致,而潜在系统学的振幅与零一致。我们利用三套大型的Lambda CDM模拟来测试宇宙学预测的准确性,并估计宇宙学相关协方差的影响。我们利用测量结果进行了似然分析,发现Omega_m-sigma_8简并方向很好地拟合为:sigma_8(Omega_m/0.30)^(0.49)=0.78+0.11/-0.26。我们提出了一个更普遍的三点剪切统计量的第一次测量,并找到一个非常好的协议与WMAP 7最佳拟合宇宙学。对这个测量的宇宙学解释给出了σ_8(Omega_m/0.30)^(0.46)=0.69 +0.08/-0.14。此外,结合可能性分析,这种测量与孔径质量的二阶矩的测量提高了宇宙学约束的准确性,显示出这种组合的测量来推断宇宙学约束的高潜力。

英文摘要:

We use weak lensing data from the Hubble Space Telescope COSMOS survey to measure the second- and third-moments of the cosmic shear field, estimated from about 450,000 galaxies with average redshift <z> ~ 1.3. We measure two- and three-point shear statistics using a tree-code, dividing the signal in E, B and mixed components. We present a detection of the third-order moment of the aperture mass statistic and verify that the measurement is robust against systematic errors caused by point spread function (PSF) residuals and by the intrinsic alignments between galaxies. The amplitude of the measured three-point cosmic shear signal is in very good agreement with the predictions for a WMAP7 best-fit model, whereas the amplitudes of potential systematics are consistent with zero. We make use of three sets of large Lambda CDM simulations to test the accuracy of the cosmological predictions and to estimate the influence of the cosmology-dependent covariance. We perform a likelihood analysis using the measurement and find that the Omega_m-sigma_8 degeneracy direction is well fitted by the relation: sigma_8 (Omega_m/0.30)^(0.49)=0.78+0.11/-0.26. We present the first measurement of a more generalised three-point shear statistic and find a very good agreement with the WMAP7 best-fit cosmology. The cosmological interpretation of this measurement gives sigma_8 (Omega_m/0.30)^(0.46)=0.69 +0.08/-0.14. Furthermore, the combined likelihood analysis of this measurement with the measurement of the second order moment of the aperture mass improves the accuracy of the cosmological constraints, showing the high potential of this combination of measurements to infer cosmological constraints.

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