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astro-ph2008★ 180 cited

CARS: the CFHTLS-Archive-Research Survey; I. Five-band multi-colour data from 37 sq. deg. CFHTLS-Wide observations

T. Erben, H. Hildebrandt, M. Lerchster +10

We present the CFHTLS-Archive-Research Survey (CARS). It is a virtual multi-colour survey based on public archive images from the CFHT-Legacy-Survey. Our main scientific interests…

astro-ph2008★ 31 cited

Relative clustering and the joint halo occupation distribution of red-sequence and blue-cloud galaxies in COMBO-17

P. Simon, M. Hetterscheidt, C. Wolf +5

This paper studies the relative spatial distribution of red-sequence and blue-cloud galaxies, and their relation to the dark matter distribution in the COMBO-17 survey as function…

astro-ph2008★ 66 cited

The mass distribution of RX J1347-1145 from strong lensing

A. Halkola, H. Hildebrandt, T. Schrabback +5

High resolution HST/ACS images of the galaxy cluster RX J1347-1145 have enabled us to identify several new multiple image candidates in the cluster, including a 5 image system with…

astro-ph2007★ 99 cited

Dark Matter and Baryons in the Most X-ray Luminous and Merging Galaxy Cluster RX J1347.5-1145

Maruša Bradač, Tim Schrabback, Thomas Erben +12

The galaxy cluster RX J1347-1145 is one of the most X-ray luminous and most massive clusters known. Its extreme mass makes it a prime target for studying issues addressing cluster…

astro-ph2007

The Garching-Bonn Deep Survey (GaBoDS) Wide-Field-Imaging Reduction Pipeline

H. Hildebrandt, T. Erben, M. Schirmer +2

We introduce our publicly available Wide-Field-Imaging reduction pipeline THELI. The procedures applied for the efficient pre-reduction and astrometric calibration are presented. A…

astro-ph2006★ 78 cited

GaBoDS: The Garching-Bonn Deep Survey: VI. Cosmic shear analysis

M. Hetterscheidt, P. Simon, M. Schirmer +4

Aims. We present a cosmic shear analysis and data validation of 15 square degree high-quality R-band data of the Garching-Bonn Deep Survey obtained with the Wide Field Imager of th…