Weak Lensing Analysis of the Two High-z Massive Clusters, SPT-CL J0205-5829 and MOO1014+0038, with HST Observations

  • Kim, Seojin F. (Yonsei University) ;
  • Jee, Myungkook J. (Yonsei University)
  • Published : 2017.10.10

Abstract

The mass function of massive high-z clusters is extremely sensitive to the cosmological parameters. However, it is challenging to estimate their accurate masses. The "See Change" HST programme offers a rare opportunity to measure them using weak gravitational lensing. In this talk, we study SPT-CL J0205-5829 (z=1.322) and MOO1014+0038 (z=1.24) discovered in the SPT-SZ survey and MaDCoW Survey, respectively. We perform weak lensing analysis with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) images by carefully taking into account the instrumental effect. We successfully detect weak lensing signals which produce cluster masses consistent with those from non-lensing methods based on hydrostatic equilibrium.

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