Weak lensing distortions beyond shear
Sep 11, 2018
18 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.D 99 (2019) 2, 023526
- Published: Jan 29, 2019
e-Print:
- 1809.03924 [astro-ph.CO]
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.99.023526 (publication)
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Abstract: (arXiv)
When a luminous source is extended, its distortions by weak gravitational lensing are richer than a mere combination of magnification and shear. In a recent work, we proposed an elegant formalism based on complex analysis to describe and calculate such distortions. The present article further elaborates this finite-beam approach, and applies it to a realistic cosmological model. In particular, the cosmic correlations of image distortions beyond shear are predicted for the first time. These constitute new weak-lensing observables, sensitive to very-small-scale features of the distribution of matter in the Universe. While the major part of the analysis is performed in the approximation of circular sources, a general method for extending it to noncircular sources is presented and applied to the astrophysically relevant case of elliptic sources.Note:
- 14+2 pages, 6 figures
- 98.80.-k
- 98.80.Es
- 98.62.Sb
- Cosmology
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