Intrinsic alignments and 3d weak gravitational lensing
Intrinsic alignments and 3d weak gravitational lensing
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DOI：
10.1093/mnras/stt1151
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发表时间：
2013-06
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4.8
通讯作者：
P. Merkel;B. Schaefer
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作者：
P. Merkel;B. Schaefer
In this paper we show how intrinsic alignments can be incorporated consistently in the formalism of 3d weak lensing. We use two different descriptions of the intrinsic galaxy ellipticities, the so-called linear and quadratic model, respectively. For both models we derive the covariance matrix of the intrinsic alignment signal (II-alignments) and GI-alignments (the cross correlation of intrinsic and lensing induced ellipticities). Evaluating the covariance matrices for the linear model numerically and comparing the results to the cosmic shear signal we find that for a low redshift survey the total covariance matrix is dominated by the contributions of the II-alignments. For a Euclid-like survey II-alignments still dominate over GI-alignments but they are more than one order of magnitude smaller than the lensing signal. The shape of the ellipticity covariance matrices is quite different in the k-k'-plane for cosmic shear on the one hand and intrinsic alignments on the other hand. In comparison to lensing both alignment types tend to be rather elongated along the diagonal k=k'. Moreover, for high multipoles (l ~ 100) intrinsic alignments are strongly concentrated along that diagonal.
