| The galaxy-galaxy lensing contribution to the cosmic shear two point function (2006) | |||||||||
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| We note that galaxy-galaxy lensing by non-spherical galaxy halos produces a net anti-correlation between the shear of background galaxies and the ellipticity of foreground galaxies. This anti-correlation would contaminate the tomographic cosmic shear two point function if the effect were not taken into account. We compare the size of the galaxy-galaxy lensing contribution to the change in the cosmic shear two-point correlation function due to a change in the dark energy equation of state w of 1%. We find them comparable on scales . Comment: 5 pages and 4 figures. Replaced to match journal version | |||||||||
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