Galaxy cluster studies with weak lensing magnification & shear

Clusters of galaxies offer a unique window for studying the Universe on the largest scales. As the most massive gravitationally bound systems to have formed, they serve as probes of the large-scale distributions of dark matter, the underlying cosmology, and the complicated intracluster physics that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ford, Jessica Lange
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54402