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Suprime-33: Suprime-Cam weak lensing cluster survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2004

Takashi Hamana
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
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Abstract

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We present the ability of weak lensing surveys to locate massive clusters. We use both analytic models of dark matter halos and mock weak lensing surveys generated from a large cosmological $N$-body simulation. We find that, for a weak lensing survey with a galaxy number density of $n_g=30$ arcmin$^{-2}$ with a mean redshift $z=1$, the mean number of galaxy clusters which are expected to be identified is $N({\rm S/N}>4)=7$ per 1 deg$^2$. Weak lensing surveys thus provide a reasonably efficient way to search for massive clusters. We also describe our project on the weak lensing cluster survey exploiting Suprime-Cam (the wide-field prime focus camera on the 8m Subaru telescope), called Suprime-33 and present current status. We also present results from its pilot survey in the Suprime-Cam 2.1 deg$^2$ field.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

Type
Contributed Papers
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© 2004 International Astronomical Union