Weak Gravitational Lensing by the Nearby Cluster Abell 3667
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- 10 May 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 534 (2) , L131-L134
- https://doi.org/10.1086/312681
Abstract
We present two weak lensing reconstructions of the nearby (zcl = 0.055) merging cluster Abell 3667, based on observations taken ~1 yr apart under different seeing conditions. This is the lowest redshift cluster with a weak lensing mass reconstruction to date. The reproducibility of features in the two mass maps demonstrates that weak lensing studies of low-redshift clusters are feasible. These data constitute the first results from an X-ray luminosity-selected weak lensing survey of 19 low-redshift (z < 0.1) southern clusters.Keywords
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