Dark energy survey year 1 results: weak lensing shape catalogues

• Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Main Authors: Zuntz, J, Sheldon, E, Samuroff, S, Troxel, M A, Jarvis, M, MacCrann, N, Gruen, D, Prat, J, Sánchez, C, Choi, A, Romer, A K, DES Collaboration
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University Oxford Press 2018
• Subjects: QB Astronomy; South Pole; Stripe; South pole
• Online Access: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/78909/; http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/78909/1/__its-home.uscs.susx.ac.uk_home_jb622_Documents_Receptionist%20Files_Research%20Papers_Dark%20Energy%20Survey.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2219

We present two galaxy shape catalogues from the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 data set, covering 1500 deg2 with a median redshift of 0.59. The catalogues cover two main fields: Stripe 82, and an area overlapping the South Pole Telescope survey region. We describe our data analysis process and in particu...