Weak-lensing discovery and tomography of a cluster at z=0.68

被引:44
作者
Wittman, D
Margoniner, VE
Tyson, JA
Cohen, JG
Becker, AC
Dell'Antonio, IP
机构
[1] Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
[2] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[3] Brown Univ, Dept Phys, Providence, RI 02912 USA
关键词
galaxies : clusters : general; gravitational lensing; surveys;
D O I
10.1086/378344
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
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) M-. within projected radius r, agrees with that derived from the spectroscopy (sigma(nu) = 980 km s(-1)) and with the position of an arc that 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 that may appear in shear-selected samples up to z similar to 1.
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