Published September 10, 2009 | Version v1
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THE SLOAN NEARBY CLUSTER WEAK LENSING SURVEY

Creators

  • 1. Center for Particle Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 (United States)
  • 2. Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, 1500 W Sullivan Rd., Aurora, IL 60506 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Astronomy, University of California, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)

Description

We describe and present initial results of a weak lensing survey of nearby (z ∼< 0.1) galaxy clusters in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). In this first study, galaxy clusters are selected from the SDSS spectroscopic galaxy cluster catalogs of Miller et al. and Berlind et al. We report a total of seven individual low-redshift cluster weak lensing measurements that include A2048, A1767, A2244, A1066, A2199, and two clusters specifically identified with the C4 algorithm. Our program of weak lensing of nearby galaxy clusters in the SDSS will eventually reach ∼200 clusters, making it the largest weak lensing survey of individual galaxy clusters to date.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/702/2/L110

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0004-637X/702/2/L110;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal (Online)
Journal Volume
702
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. L110-L113
ISSN
1538-4357

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41072232
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; CATALOGS; GALAXY CLUSTERS; RED SHIFT; SKY
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC