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Article Dans Une Revue Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A Année : 2014

Source-lens clustering and intrinsic-alignment bias of weak-lensing estimators

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Aims. We estimate the amplitude of the source-lens clustering bias and of the intrinsic-alignment bias of weak-lensing estimators of the two-point and three-point convergence and cosmic-shear correlation functions.Methods. We use a linear galaxy bias model for the galaxy-density correlations, as well as a linear intrinsic-alignment model. For the three-point and four-point density correlations, we use analytical or semi-analytical models, based on a hierarchical ansatz or a combination of one-loop perturbation theory with a halo model.Results. For two-point statistics, we find that the source-lens clustering bias is typically several orders of magnitude below the weak-lensing signal, except when we correlate a very low-redshift galaxy (z2 ≲ 0.05) with a higher redshift galaxy (z1 ≳ 0.5), where it can reach 10% of the signal for the shear. For three-point statistics, the source-lens clustering bias is typically on the order of 10% of the signal, as soon as the three galaxy source redshifts are not identical. The intrinsic-alignment bias is typically about 10% of the signal for both two-point and three-point statistics. Thus, both source-lens clustering bias and intrinsic-alignment bias must be taken into account for three-point estimators aiming at a better than 10% accuracy.
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cea-01162321 , version 1 (10-06-2015)

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Patrick Valageas. Source-lens clustering and intrinsic-alignment bias of weak-lensing estimators. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2014, 561, pp.A53. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201322146⟩. ⟨cea-01162321⟩
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