CFHTLenS: higher order galaxy-mass correlations probed by galaxy-galaxy-galaxy lensing

P. Simon; T. Erben; P. Schneider; C. Heymans; H. Hildebrandt; H. Hoekstra; T. D. Kitching; Y. Mellier; L. Miller; L. Van Waerbeke; C. Bonnett; J. Coupon; L. Fu; M. J. Hudson; K. Kuijken; B. T. P. Rowe; T. Schrabback; E. Semboloni; M. Velander

doi:10.1093/mnras/stt069

CFHTLenS: higher order galaxy-mass correlations probed by galaxy-galaxy-galaxy lensing

P. Simon^*, T. Erben, P. Schneider, C. Heymans, H. Hildebrandt, H. Hoekstra, T. D. Kitching, Y. Mellier, L. Miller, L. Van Waerbeke, C. Bonnett, J. Coupon, L. Fu, M. J. Hudson, K. Kuijken, B. T. P. Rowe, T. Schrabback, E. Semboloni, M. Velander

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We present the first direct measurement of the galaxy-matter bispectrum as a function of galaxy luminosity, stellar mass and type of spectral energy distribution (SED). Our analysis uses a galaxy-galaxy-galaxy lensing technique (G3L), on angular scales between 9 arcsec and 50 arcmin, to quantify (i) the excess surface mass density around galaxy pairs (excess mass hereafter) and (ii) the excess shear-shear correlations around single galaxies, both of which yield a measure of two types of galaxy-matter bispectra. We apply our method to the state-of-the-art Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS), spanning 154 square degrees. This survey allows us to detect a significant change of the bispectra with lens properties. Measurements for lens populations with distinct redshift distributions become comparable by a newly devised normalization technique. That will also aid future comparisons to other surveys or simulations. A significant dependence of the normalized G3L statistics on luminosity within -23

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2476-2498
Number of pages	23
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	430
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt069
Publication status	Published - Apr 2013

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gravitational lensing: weak
galaxies: haloes
darkmatter
large-scale structure of Universe
DARK-MATTER HALOS
3-POINT CORRELATION-FUNCTION
DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
BONN DEEP SURVEY
COSMIC SHEAR
STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS
SHAPE MEASUREMENT
STELLAR MASS
WEAK
BIAS

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Simon, P., Erben, T., Schneider, P., Heymans, C., Hildebrandt, H., Hoekstra, H., Kitching, T. D., Mellier, Y., Miller, L., Van Waerbeke, L., Bonnett, C., Coupon, J., Fu, L., Hudson, M. J., Kuijken, K., Rowe, B. T. P., Schrabback, T., Semboloni, E., & Velander, M. (2013). CFHTLenS: higher order galaxy-mass correlations probed by galaxy-galaxy-galaxy lensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 430(3), 2476-2498. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt069

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CFHTLenS: higher order galaxy-mass correlations probed by galaxy-galaxy-galaxy lensing

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