{"title":"Peaks in weak lensing mass maps for cluster astrophysics and cosmology.","authors":"Masamune Oguri, Satoshi Miyazaki","doi":"10.2183/pjab.101.010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Clusters of galaxies can be identified from the peaks in weak lensing aperture mass maps constructed from weak lensing shear catalogs. Such purely gravitational cluster selection differs considerably from traditional cluster selection based on the baryonic properties of clusters. In this review, we present the basics and applications of weak lensing shear-selected cluster samples. Detailed studies of the baryonic properties of shear-selected clusters shed new light on cluster astrophysics. The purely gravitational selection indicates that the selection function can be quantified more easily and robustly, which is crucial for deriving accurate cosmological constraints from the abundance of shear-selected clusters. Recent advances in shear-selected cluster studies are driven by the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam survey, in which more than 300 shear-selected clusters with a signal-to-noise ratio > 5 were identified. It is argued that various systematic effects in cosmological analysis can be mitigated by carefully selecting the setup of the analysis, including the selection of kernel functions and the source galaxy sample.</p>","PeriodicalId":20707,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and Biological Sciences","volume":"101 3","pages":"129-142"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and Biological Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"103","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab.101.010","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Clusters of galaxies can be identified from the peaks in weak lensing aperture mass maps constructed from weak lensing shear catalogs. Such purely gravitational cluster selection differs considerably from traditional cluster selection based on the baryonic properties of clusters. In this review, we present the basics and applications of weak lensing shear-selected cluster samples. Detailed studies of the baryonic properties of shear-selected clusters shed new light on cluster astrophysics. The purely gravitational selection indicates that the selection function can be quantified more easily and robustly, which is crucial for deriving accurate cosmological constraints from the abundance of shear-selected clusters. Recent advances in shear-selected cluster studies are driven by the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam survey, in which more than 300 shear-selected clusters with a signal-to-noise ratio > 5 were identified. It is argued that various systematic effects in cosmological analysis can be mitigated by carefully selecting the setup of the analysis, including the selection of kernel functions and the source galaxy sample.
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The Proceedings of the Japan Academy Ser. B (PJA-B) is a scientific publication of the Japan Academy with a 90-year history, and covers all branches of natural sciences, except for mathematics, which is covered by the PJA-A. It is published ten times a year and is distributed widely throughout the world and can be read and obtained free of charge through the world wide web.