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dc.contributor.authorEpps, Seth
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-01 17:59:48 (GMT)
dc.date.available2015-10-01 17:59:48 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2015-10-01
dc.date.submitted2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/9780
dc.description.abstractIn the context of non-linear structure formation, a web of dark filaments are expected to intersect the high density regions of the universe, where groups and clusters of galaxies will be forming. In this work we have developed a method for stacking the weak lensing signal of an ensemble of filaments between groups and clusters of galaxies. We detect a the weak lensing signal from stacked filaments between SDSS BOSS luminous red galaxies with the CFHTLenS data at the 5σ level, finding a mass of (1.6 ± 0.3) × 1013M⊙. Two methods of isolating the filament signal are presented: the method of non-physical pair subtraction, and the method of outside region subtraction. This signal is compared with the three-point galaxy-galaxy-convergence correlation function, as developed in Clampitt et al. (2014), yielding reasonably good agreement.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterloo
dc.subjectPhysicsen
dc.subjectCosmologyen
dc.subjectLarge Scale Structureen
dc.titleLarge-Scale Filaments From Weak Lensingen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.subject.programPhysicsen
uws-etd.degree.departmentPhysics and Astronomyen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Scienceen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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