Weak‐Lensing Discovery and Tomography of a Cluster atz= 0.68
- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 597 (1) , 218-224
- https://doi.org/10.1086/378344
Abstract
We report the weak lensing discovery, spectroscopic confirmation, and weak lensing tomography of a massive cluster of galaxies at $z=0.68$, demonstrating that shear selection of clusters works at redshifts high enough to be cosmologically interesting. The mass estimate from weak lensing, $11.1 +- 2.8 x 10^{14} (r/Mpc)$ solar masses within projected radius r, agrees with that derived from the spectroscopy ($\sigma_v = 980 km s^{-1}$), and with the position of an arc which is likely to be a strongly lensed background galaxy. The redshift estimate from weak lensing tomography is consistent with the spectroscopy, demonstrating the feasibility of baryon-unbiased mass surveys. This tomographic technique will be able to roughly identify the redshifts of any dark clusters which may appear in shear-selected samples, up to z ~ 1.Comment: Final version. Substantially expanded from first version, including more detail, more figures, and more mass estimates, including an M/L estimate. Basic conclusions unchange
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