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STEP4 Konrad Kuijken Leiden
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Back to basics? STEP1,2,3 –‘end-to-end’ tests for constant-shear images –What causes discrepancies? Selection bias PSF modelling error Ellipticity measurement error function of (mag, size) Noise biases Neighbours Simulation errors? … –Controlled simulations of effects separately
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STEP4 Concentrate on ellipticity and PSF: –Reveal positions to within 1 pixel –Well-separated sources –Input catalogues rigorously with =0 –Brute-force PSF convolution, pixellation: sample –Different S/N simulations –Build up complexity gradually (gal, PSF) –Blind catalogues, some shear values public
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S/N=15, de Vauc
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STEP4 Images 3720x3720 pixel fits files 60x60 grid of galaxies 60-pixel separation 240 stars around the sides Stars 10x as bright as galaxies 32 different shear values, ePSF per simulation set S/N (detection)1550200 (e i ) 0.110.030.01 #galaxies (x32)36000180007200 Galaxy models: Exp & deVauc fwhm 7pix Moffat PSF fwhm 3.5pix ( )~10 -4
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S/N=15, de Vauc
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S/N=50, deVauc
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S/N=200, deVauc
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S/N=15, exp
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S/N=50, exp
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S/N=200, exp
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Ellipticity distributions From Lambas et al 1992 (APM survey)
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How to analyze STEP4 data? First 8 shear & ePSF values are public (2%) If your method can reproduce these with m<1%, then send me all results to get a measurement of m,c Intended as a resource for method development - prerequisite to test other nuisance effects
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STEP4 - next simulations? PSF, galaxy sizes Galaxy type (varying ellipticity; spiral arms; irregulars) PSF type About 30GB per set of simulations (32 x [10+5+2] images)
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Summary 100,000,000 simulated galaxies available –S/N=15,50,200 –Galaxies with sersic n=1,4, fwhm 7pix –PSF Moffat, FWHM 3.5pix Well-controlled images No shape noise Statistical noise ( )~10 -4 per gal/PSF/SNR simulation More simulations possible (just need a MC sample of 10 7 ‘photons’ from galaxy and PSF
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