Bayesian galaxy shape measurement for weak lensing surveys - II. Application to simulations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 149-167

  Kitching, T D ^a   Miller, L ^a   Heymans, C E ^b,c   Van Waerbeke, L ^b   Heavens, A F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observation; Gravitational lensing; Methods: data analysis; Methods: numerical; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SURVEYS;

BAYESIAN; COSMOLOGY OBSERVATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; METHOD: NUMERICAL; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; MODEL FITTING; SHAPE MEASUREMENTS; SHEAR TESTING; TESTING PROGRAMMES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 52949100944     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13628.x     Document Type: Article

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