Cosmic shear analysis of archival HST/ACS data*

Authors :: Schrabback, T.
Erben, T.
Simon, P.
Miralles, J.-M.
Schneider, P.
Heymans, C.
Eifler, T.
Fosbury, R. A. E.
Freudling, W.
Hetterscheidt, M.
Hildebrandt, H.
Pirzkal, N.
Schrabback, T.
Erben, T.
Simon, P.
Miralles, J.-M.
Schneider, P.
Heymans, C.
Eifler, T.
Fosbury, R. A. E.
Freudling, W.
Hetterscheidt, M.
Hildebrandt, H.
Pirzkal, N.
Source :: Astronomy and Astrophysics; June 2007, Vol. 468 Issue: 3 p823-847, 25p
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: Context.This is the first paper of a series describing our measurement of weak lensing by large-scale structure, also termed “cosmic shear”, using archival observations from the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

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