Weak gravitational lensing and intrinsic galaxy alignments

<p>This thesis describes an investigation into weak gravitational lensing, a unique and powerful astronomical tool for the study of dark matter on large scales. Lensing distorts background images, inducing correlations in the observed ellipticities of galaxies, and these correlations can be us...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heymans, C
Other Authors: Miller, L
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2003
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