Physical component analysis of galaxy cluster weak gravitational lensing data
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Physical component analysis of galaxy cluster weak gravitational lensing data
We present a novel approach for reconstructing the projected mass distribution of clusters of galaxies from sparse and noisy weak gravitational lensing shear data. The reconstructions are regularised using knowledge gained from numerical simulations of clusters: trial mass distributions are constructed from n physically-motivated components, each of which has the universal density profile and c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0035-8711,1365-2966
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10935.x