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Likelihood analysis of cosmic shear on simulated and VIRMOS-DESCART data

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We present a maximum likelihood analysis of cosmological parameters from measurements of the aperture mass up to 35 arcmin using simulated and real cosmic shear data. A four-dimensional parameter space is explored which examines the mean density OmegaM , the mass power spectrum normalisation sigma8, the shape parameter Gamma and the redshift of the sources zs. Constraints on OmegaM and sigma8 (resp. Gamma and zs) are provided by marginalising over Gamma and zs (resp. OmegaM and sigma8 ). For a flat Lambda CDM cosmologies, using a photometric redshift prior for the sources and Gamma in [0.1,0.4], we find sigma8 =(0.57+/-0.04) OmegaM (0.24 -/+ 0.18) OmegaM -0.4} at the 68% confidence level (the error budget includes statistical noise, full cosmic variance and residual systematics). The estimate of Gamma , marginalised over OmegaM in [0.1,0.4], sigma8 in [0.7,1.3] and zs constrained by photometric redshifts, gives Gamma =0.25+/- 0.13 at 68% confidence. Adopting h=0.7, a flat universe, Gamma =0.2 and Omegam =0.3 we find sigma8 =0.98 +/-0.06. Combined with CMB measurements, our results suggest a non-zero cosmological constant and provide tight constraints on OmegaM and sigma8 . Finally, we compare our results to the cluster abundance ones, and discuss the possible discrepancy with the latest determinations of the cluster method. In particular we point out the actual limitations of the mass power spectrum prediction in the non-linear regime, and the importance in improving this. Based on observations obtained at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), which is operated by the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC), the Institut des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the University of Hawaii (UH), and at the European Southern Observatory telescopes Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the New Technology Telescope (NTT).
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hal-04111064 , version 1 (12-06-2023)

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L. van Waerbeke, Y. Mellier, R. Pelló, U. -L. Pen, H. J. Mccracken, et al.. Likelihood analysis of cosmic shear on simulated and VIRMOS-DESCART data. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2002, 393, pp.369-379. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361:20020932⟩. ⟨hal-04111064⟩
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