RCSLenS: The Red Cluster Sequence Lensing Survey
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Hildebrandt, H; Choi, A.; Heymans, Catherine; Blake, Chris; Erben, T; Miller, L; Nakajima, R; van Waerbeke, L; Viola, M; Buddendiek, A; Harnois-Deraps, Joachim; Wolf, Christian
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We present the Red Cluster Sequence Lensing Survey (RCSLenS), an application of the methods developed for the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS) to the ∼785 deg2, multi-band imaging data of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey 2. This project represents the largest public, sub-arcsecond seeing, multi-band survey to date that is suited for weak gravitational lensing measurements. With a careful assessment of systematic errors in shape measurements and photometric redshifts, we...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Hildebrandt, H | |
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dc.contributor.author | Choi, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Heymans, Catherine | |
dc.contributor.author | Blake, Chris | |
dc.contributor.author | Erben, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Miller, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Nakajima, R | |
dc.contributor.author | van Waerbeke, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Viola, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Buddendiek, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Harnois-Deraps, Joachim | |
dc.contributor.author | Wolf, Christian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-29T22:53:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-29T22:53:28Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-8711 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/152482 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present the Red Cluster Sequence Lensing Survey (RCSLenS), an application of the methods developed for the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS) to the ∼785 deg2, multi-band imaging data of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey 2. This project represents the largest public, sub-arcsecond seeing, multi-band survey to date that is suited for weak gravitational lensing measurements. With a careful assessment of systematic errors in shape measurements and photometric redshifts, we extend the use of this data set to allow cross-correlation analyses between weak lensing observables and other data sets. We describe the imaging data, the data reduction, masking, multi-colour photometry, photometric redshifts, shape measurements, tests for systematic errors, and a blinding scheme to allow for more objective measurements. In total, we analyse 761 pointings with r-band coverage, which constitutes our lensing sample. Residual large-scale B-mode systematics prevent the use of this shear catalogue for cosmic shear science. The effective number density of lensing sources over an unmasked area of 571.7 deg2 and down to a magnitude limit of r ∼ 24.5 is 8.1 galaxies per arcmin2 (weighted: 5.5 arcmin-2) distributed over 14 patches on the sky. Photometric redshifts based on four-band griz data are available for 513 pointings covering an unmasked area of 383.5 deg2. We present weak lensing mass reconstructions of some example clusters as well as the full survey representing the largest areas that have been mapped in this way. All our data products are publicly available through Canadian Astronomy Data Centre at http://www.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/community/rcslens/query.html in a format very similar to the CFHTLenS data release | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | |
dc.source | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
dc.title | RCSLenS: The Red Cluster Sequence Lensing Survey | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 463 | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 020102 - Astronomical and Space Instrumentation | |
local.identifier.absfor | 020103 - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB7074 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hildebrandt, H, Argelander-Institut fur Astronomie | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Choi, A., University of Edinburgh | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Heymans, Catherine, University of Edinburgh | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Blake, Chris, Swinburne University of Technology | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Erben, T, Argelander-Institut fur Astronomie | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Miller, L, University of Oxford | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Nakajima, R, Argelander-Institut fur Astronomie | |
local.contributor.affiliation | van Waerbeke, L, University of British Columbia | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Viola, M, Leiden University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Buddendiek, A, Argelander-Institut fur Astronomie | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Harnois-Deraps, Joachim, University of Edinburgh | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Wolf, Christian, College of Science, ANU | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1093/mnras/stw2013 | |
dc.date.updated | 2018-11-29T07:53:02Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-85018351919 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000386464900052 | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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