| Title: |
The DES Science Verification weak lensing shear catalogues |
| Authors: |
Jarvis, M; Sheldon, E; Zuntz, J; Kacprzak, T; Bridle, SL; Amara, A; Armstrong, R; Becker, MR; Bernstein, GM; Bonnett, C; Chang, C; Das, R; Dietrich, JP; Drlica-Wagner, A; Eifler, TF; Gangkofner, C; Gruen, D; Hirsch, M; Huff, EM; Jain, B; Kent, S; Kirk, D; MacCrann, N; Melchior, P; Plazas, AA; Refregier, A; Rowe, B; Rykoff, ES; Samuroff, S; Sanchez, C; Suchyta, E; Troxel, MA; Vikram, V; Abbott, T; Abdalla, FB; Allam, S; Annis, J; Benoit-Levy, A; Bertin, E; Brooks, D; Buckley-Geer, E; Burke, DL; Capozzi, D; Rosell, AC; Kind, MC; Carretero, J; Castander, FJ; Clampitt, J; Crocce, M; Cunha, CE; D'Andrea, CB; da Costa, LN; DePoy, DL; Desai, S; Diehl, HT; Doel, P; Neto, AF; Flaugher, B; Fosalba, P; Frieman, J; Gaztanaga, E; Gerdes, DW; Gruendl, RA; Gutierrez, G; Honscheid, K; James, DJ; Kuehn, K; Kuropatkin, N; Lahav, O; Li, TS; Lima, M; March, M; Martini, P; Miquel, R; Mohr, JJ; Neilsen, E; Nord, B; Ogando, R; Reil, K; Romer, AK; Roodman, A; Sako, M; Sanchez, E; Scarpine, V; Schubnell, M; Sevilla-Noarbe, I; Smith, RC; Soares-Santos, M; Sobreira, F; Swanson, MEC; Tarle, G; Thaler, J; Thomas, D; Walker, AR; Wechsler, RH |
| Source: |
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 460 (2) pp. 2245-2281. (2016) |
| Publisher Information: |
OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
| Publication Year: |
2016 |
| Collection: |
University College London: UCL Discovery |
| Subject Terms: |
Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Astronomy & Astrophysics; gravitational lensing: weak; methods: data analysis; techniques: image processing; catalogues; surveys; cosmology: observations; IMAGE-ANALYSIS COMPETITION; GALAXY SHAPE MEASUREMENT; DARK ENERGY CAMERA; DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; COSMIC SHEAR; NOISE BIAS; CHALLENGE HANDBOOK; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; GREAT08 CHALLENGE; SYSTEMATIC-ERRORS |
| Description: |
We present weak lensing shear catalogues for 139 square degrees of data taken during the Science Verification (SV) time for the new Dark Energy Camera (DECam) being used for the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We describe our object selection, point spread function estimation and shear measurement procedures using two independent shear pipelines, IM3SHAPE and NGMIX, which produce catalogues of 2.12 million and 3.44 million galaxies, respectively. We detail a set of null tests for the shear measurements and find that they pass the requirements for systematic errors at the level necessary for weak lensing science applications using the SV data. We also discuss some of the planned algorithmic improvements that will be necessary to produce sufficiently accurate shear catalogues for the full 5-yr DES, which is expected to cover 5000 square degrees. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1488200/ |
| Availability: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1488200/1/MNRAS-2016-Jarvis-2245-81.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1488200/ |
| Rights: |
open |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.61F52038 |
| Database: |
BASE |