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Effect of Our Galaxy's Motion on Weak Lensing Measurements of Shear and Convergence

In this work we investigate the effect on weak-lensing shear and convergence measurements due to distortions from the Lorentz boost induced by our Galaxy's motion. While no ellipticity is induced in an image from the Lorentz boost to first order in beta = v/c, the image is magnified. This affec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mertens, J B, Yoho, A, Starkman, G D
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt544
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1489693
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Sumario:In this work we investigate the effect on weak-lensing shear and convergence measurements due to distortions from the Lorentz boost induced by our Galaxy's motion. While no ellipticity is induced in an image from the Lorentz boost to first order in beta = v/c, the image is magnified. This affects the inferred convergence at a 10 per cent level and is most notable for low multipoles in the convergence power spectrum, C {\kappa}{\kappa}, and for surveys with large sky coverage like LSST. Experiments which image only small fractions of the sky and convergence power spectrum determinations at l > 5 can safely neglect the boost effect to first order in beta.