Prospects for weak lensing/cosmic shear with the VLTs

Yannick Mellier; L. van Waerbeke; Etienne Bertin; I. Tereno; P. Schneider; F. Bernardeau; T. Erben

doi:10.1117/12.457882

13 February 2003 Prospects for weak lensing/cosmic shear with VLTs

Yannick Mellier, L. van Waerbeke, Etienne Bertin, I. Tereno, P. Schneider, F. Bernardeau, T. Erben

Proceedings Volume 4834, Discoveries and Research Prospects from 6- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes II; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457882
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

The present status of weak lensing analyses of clusters of galaxies and of cosmic shear surveys are presented and discussed. We focus on the impact of very large telescopes on present-day and future surveys and compare their potential with HST or wide field 4 meter telescopes.

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Yannick Mellier, L. van Waerbeke, Etienne Bertin, I. Tereno, P. Schneider, F. Bernardeau, and T. Erben "Prospects for weak lensing/cosmic shear with VLTs", Proc. SPIE 4834, Discoveries and Research Prospects from 6- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes II, (13 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457882

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