Weak Lensing Mass of Nearby Clusters of Galaxies

1999/09/01 by M. Joffre, Joffre, M., P. Fischer +21
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9909029

submitted to "Gravitational Lensing: Recent progress and Future Goals", eds: T.Brainerd and C.Kochanek, ASP Conf Series, 2 pages, 2 PS figures

arxiv created 1999/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We describe first results of a project to create weak lensing mass maps for a complete, X-ray luminosity-limited sample of 19 nearby (z < 0.1) southern galaxy clusters scheduled for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich observations by the Viper Telescope at the South Pole. We have collected data on 1/3 of the sample and present motivation for the project as well as projected mass maps of two clusters.

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