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Statistical uncertainties and systematic errors in weak lensing mass estimates of galaxy clusters
Upcoming and ongoing large area weak lensing surveys will also discover large
samples of galaxy clusters. Accurate and precise masses of galaxy clusters are
of major importance for cosmology, for example, in establishing well calibrated
observational halo mass functions for comparison with cosmological predictions.
We investigate the level of statistical uncertainties and sources of systematic
errors expected for weak lensing mass estimates. Future surveys that will cover
large areas on the sky, such as Euclid or LSST and to lesser extent DES, will
provide the largest weak lensing cluster samples with the lowest level of
statistical noise regarding ensembles of galaxy clusters. However, the expected
low level of statistical uncertainties requires us to scrutinize various
sources of systematic errors. In particular, we investigate the bias due to
cluster member galaxies which are erroneously treated as background source
galaxies due to wrongly assigned photometric redshifts. We find that this
effect is significant when referring to stacks of galaxy clusters. Finally, we
study the bias due to miscentring, i.e., the displacement between any
observationally defined cluster centre and the true minimum of its
gravitational potential. The impact of this bias might be significant with
respect to the statistical uncertainties. However, complementary future
missions such as eROSITA will allow us to define stringent priors on
miscentring parameters which will mitigate this bias significantly.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures; accepted for publication in MNRA
Weak lensing constraints on splashback around massive clusters
The splashback radius separates the physical regimes of
collapsed and infalling material around massive dark matter haloes. In
cosmological simulations, this location is associated with a steepening of the
spherically averaged density profile . In this work, we measure the
splashback feature in the stacked weak gravitational lensing signal of
massive clusters from the Cluster Canadian Comparison Project with careful
control of residual systematics effects. We find that the shear introduced by
the presence of additional structure along the line of sight significantly
affects the noise at large clustercentric distances. Although we do not detect
a significant steepening, the use of a simple parametric model enables us to
measure both comoving Mpc and the value of the
logarithmic slope at this point,
.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRA
First detection of galaxy-galaxy-galaxy lensing in RCS. A new tool for studying the matter environment of galaxy pairs
The weak gravitational lensing effect, small coherent distortions of galaxy
images by means of a gravitational tidal field, can be used to study the
relation between the matter and galaxy distribution. In this context, weak
lensing has so far only been used for considering a second-order correlation
function that relates the matter density and galaxy number density as a
function of separation. We implement two new, third-order correlation functions
that have recently been suggested in the literature, and apply them to the
Red-Sequence Cluster Survey. We demonstrate that it is possible, even with
already existing data, to make significant measurements of third-order lensing
correlations. We develop an optimised computer code for the correlation
functions. To test its reliability a set of tests are performed. The
correlation functions are transformed to aperture statistics, which allow easy
tests for remaining systematics in the data. In order to further verify the
robustness of our measurement, the signal is shown to vanish when randomising
the source ellipticities. Finally, the lensing signal is compared to crude
predictions based on the halo-model. On angular scales between roughly 1 arcmin
and 11 arcmin a significant third-order correlation between two lens positions
and one source ellipticity is found. We discuss this correlation function as a
novel tool to study the average matter environment of pairs of galaxies.
Correlating two source ellipticities and one lens position yields a less
significant but nevertheless detectable signal on a scale of 4 arcmin. Both
signals lie roughly within the range expected by theory which supports their
cosmological origin.[ABRIDGED]Comment: 15 pages, 12 figures, accepted by A&A; minor change
A new species of Monanthotaxis from Gabon with a unique inflorescence type for Annonaceae
Monanthotaxis Baillon (1890: 878) currently consists of 56 species (Rainer & Chatrou 2006) confined to tropical Africa and Madagascar and is the second most species-rich genus of Annonaceae in Africa after Uvaria Linnaeus (1753: 536). Both genera belong to the tribe Uvarieae Hooker & Thomson (1855: 91, 92). Circumscription of this tribe has recently been modified to comply with the principle of monophyly, and it now almost exclusively consists of climbing species, all from the Old World tropics (Chatrou et al. 2012). Generic circumscription within Uvarieae has been in disarray for considerable time. Delimitation of Uvaria and related genera has recently been modified based on phylogenetic relationships (Zhou et al. 2010, Zhou et al. 2009). Monanthotaxis was monophyletic in Wang et al. (2012), based on a limited sampling of seven species. Subsequent study with increased sampling (Hoekstra, unpub.) has revealed that the African species of Friesodielsia van Steenis (1948: 458) and Exellia Boutique (1951b: 117) are nested in Monanthotaxis. Whatever the solution and taxonomic consequences, the name Monanthotaxis with the type Monanthotaxis congoensis Baillon (1890: 879) will be retained as it is the oldest valid generic name. Along with phylogenetic analysis, we are conducting a taxonomic revision. The last revision of Monanthotaxis and allied genera was published over a century ago by Engler & Diels (1901). Since then, only contributions to local floras have been published (e.g. Boutique 1951a, Le Thomas 1969, Robson 1960, Verdcourt 1971a). While studying the material of Monanthotaxis, we encountered a remarkable new species, which differs from all other species of Annonaceae in its large and lax panicle-like inflorescence. Panicle-like inflorescences are rare in Annonaceae, and those that have been recorded are either congested, as in e.g. Unonopsis and Guatteria (Erkens et al. 2008, Maas et al. 2007), or with only a few flowers, as in Monanthotaxis le-testui Pellegrin (1950: 75). This new species is probably closely related to M. congoensis since they share several characters. Verdcourt (1971b) divided the genus in three subgenera and five sections. In his classification, this new species would join M. congoensis in the typical section Monanthotaxis, which is easily distinguished by having flowers with the four to six petals in a single whorl and less than 17 stamens. Because it is so similar to M. congoensis, our new species will almost certainly be classified within Monanthotaxis, and we decided to publish it before a new generic classification has been completed
A nonet of novel species of Monanthotaxis (Annonaceae) from around Africa
As part of an ongoing revision of the genus Monanthotaxis Baill. (Annonaceae), nine new species are described and one variety is reinstated to species rank. Two new species from West Africa (Monanthotaxis aquila P.H. Hoekstra, sp. nov. and Monanthotaxis atewensis P.H. Hoekstra, sp. nov.), four new species from Central Africa (Monanthotaxis couvreurii P.H. Hoekstra, sp. nov., Monanthotaxis latistamina P.H. Hoekstra, sp. nov., Monanthotaxis tripetala P.H. Hoekstra, sp. nov. and Monanthotaxis zenkeri P.H. Hoekstra, sp. nov.), one new species from Tanzania (Monanthotaxis filipes P.H. Hoekstra, sp. nov.), one new species from the area around Maputo (Monanthotaxis maputensis P.H. Hoekstra, sp. nov.), one new species from the Comoro Islands (Monanthotaxis komorensis P.H. Hoekstra, sp. nov.) and Monanthotaxis klainei (Engl.) Verdc. var. angustifolia (Boutique) Verdc. is raised to species level leading to the replacement name Monanthotaxis atopostema P.H. Hoekstra, nom. nov. (not Monanthotaxis angustifolia (Exell) Verdc.). Complete descriptions, comparisons with related species, ecological information and IUCN conservation assessments are given for the new species. Five species were classified as critical endangered, two species as endangered, one as vulnerable and one as least concern, warranting the need of further collecting and studying those species
De pathogenese van het Chronisch Vermoeidheidssyndroom
Het chronische vermoeidheidsyndroom (CVS) is een ziekte met een onbekende oorzaak, gekarakteriseerd door een hevige vermoeidheid, die tenminste langer duurt dan een half jaar.
De vermoeidheid is niet het gevolg van een lichamelijke aandoening en langdurige inspanning, rust vermindert de klachten niet en er zijn substantiële beperkingen van sociale en persoonlijke activiteiten en in werken en leren.
De term CVS is gedefinieerd door het Amerikaanse Center of Disease Control (CDC). Deze definitie benadrukt de lichamelijke symptomen, aangegeven door de patiënt. De diagnostische term myalgische encephalomyelitis of ME is in onbruik geraakt, omdat er tot nu toe geen pathologie in de spieren en het centraal zenuw stelsel (CZS) zijn vastgesteld en ME dit wel impliceert. Er zijn geen specifieke diagnostische tests beschikbaar. De oorzaak van het CVS is niet duidelijk en de meeste patiënten herstellen niet.
Propagating Residual Biases in Cosmic Shear Power Spectra
In this paper we derive a full expression for the propagation of
multiplicative and additive shape measurement biases into the cosmic shear
power spectrum. In doing so we identify several new terms that are associated
with selection effects, as well as cross-correlation terms between the
multiplicative and additive biases and the shear field. The computation of the
resulting bias in the shear power spectrum scales as the fifth power of the
maximum multipole considered. Consequently the calculation is unfeasible for
large l-modes, and the only tractable way to assess the full impact of shape
measurement biases on cosmic shear power spectrum is through forward modelling
of the effects. To linear order in bias parameters the shear power spectrum is
only affected by the mean of the multiplicative bias field over a survey and
the cross correlation between the additive bias field and the shear field. If
the mean multiplicative bias is zero then second order convolutive terms are
expected to be orders of magnitude smaller.Comment: 10 pages, accepted to the Open Journal of Astrophysic
Scaling relations for galaxy clusters: properties and evolution
Well-calibrated scaling relations between the observable properties and the
total masses of clusters of galaxies are important for understanding the
physical processes that give rise to these relations. They are also a critical
ingredient for studies that aim to constrain cosmological parameters using
galaxy clusters. For this reason much effort has been spent during the last
decade to better understand and interpret relations of the properties of the
intra-cluster medium. Improved X-ray data have expanded the mass range down to
galaxy groups, whereas SZ surveys have openened a new observational window on
the intracluster medium. In addition,continued progress in the performance of
cosmological simulations has allowed a better understanding of the physical
processes and selection effects affecting the observed scaling relations. Here
we review the recent literature on various scaling relations, focussing on the
latest observational measurements and the progress in our understanding of the
deviations from self similarity.Comment: 38 pages. Review paper. Accepted for publication in Space Science
Reviews (eds: S. Ettori, M. Meneghetti). This is a product of the work done
by an international team at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI)
in Bern on "Astrophysics and Cosmology with Galaxy Clusters: the X-ray and
Lensing View
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