Sentences with phrase «by weak lensing»

This change in the structure of the universe is revealed by weak lensing.

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In other words, the matter distribution traced by the foreground galaxies and the distribution traced by the Subaru weak lensing map are similar.

The research team provides a new window on galaxy evolution by comparing the three - dimensional galaxy distribution mapped with a redshift survey including star - forming galaxies to a weak lensing map based on Subaru imaging.

Large fluctuations in lower density parts of the Universe have an effect similar to that of smaller amplitude fluctuations in denser regions and the two can not be distinguished by observations of weak lensing.

This is a subtle variant of weak gravitational lensing, in which the light emitted from distant galaxies is slightly warped by the gravitational effect of large amounts of matter, such as galaxy clusters.

By cross-correlating large - scale surveys of galaxies and observations of how galaxies distort background light in a relativistic process known as weak lensing, Ferreira says, the true nature of mass and the forces acting on it can be tested.

By measuring the CMB polarization data provided by POLARBEAR, a collaboration of astronomers working on a telescope in the high - altitude desert of northern Chile designed specifically to detect «B - mode» polarization, the UC San Diego astrophysicists discovered weak gravitational lensing in their data that, they conclude, permit astronomers to make detailed maps of the structure of the universe, constrain estimates of neutrino mass and provide a firm test for general relativitBy measuring the CMB polarization data provided by POLARBEAR, a collaboration of astronomers working on a telescope in the high - altitude desert of northern Chile designed specifically to detect «B - mode» polarization, the UC San Diego astrophysicists discovered weak gravitational lensing in their data that, they conclude, permit astronomers to make detailed maps of the structure of the universe, constrain estimates of neutrino mass and provide a firm test for general relativitby POLARBEAR, a collaboration of astronomers working on a telescope in the high - altitude desert of northern Chile designed specifically to detect «B - mode» polarization, the UC San Diego astrophysicists discovered weak gravitational lensing in their data that, they conclude, permit astronomers to make detailed maps of the structure of the universe, constrain estimates of neutrino mass and provide a firm test for general relativity.

The scientists used the fact that images of faraway galaxies get slightly distorted by the gravity of galaxies in the foreground — an effect known as weak gravitational lensing.

Studying the effect of dark energy on large - scale structure involves measuring subtle distortions in the shapes of galaxies arising from the bending of space by intervening matter, a phenomenon known as «weak lensing.»

In this illustration, the trajectory of cosmic microwave background (CMB) light is bent by structures known as filaments that are invisible to our eyes, creating an effect known as weak lensing captured by the Planck satellite (left), a space observatory.

By studying the statistical properties of the shapes of very distant galaxies and quasars, astronomers can use the effects of weak lensing to study the distribution of dark matter in the universe.

We describe a laboratory facility and experimental testbed that supports the emulation of a wide range of mission concepts such as gravitational weak lensing measurements by WFIRST and high precision spectrophotometry of transiting exoplanets by JWST.

The dark matter distribution is estimated by the weak gravitational lensing technique.