Analysis of two-point statistics of cosmic shear II. Optimizing the survey geometry

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 413, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 465-476

  Kilbinger, M ^a   Schneider, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmology: large scale structure of Universe; Cosmology: observations; Gravitational lensing

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GEOMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OBSERVABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COSMIC SHEAR SURVEY; COSMOLOGY; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0347285599     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034172     Document Type: Article

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