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Cosmic Shear with the VLT

R. Maoli, Y. Mellier, L. van Waerbeke, P. Schneider, B. Jain, T. Erben, F. Bernardeau, B. Fort Fort

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0008179

Abstract

We report on the detection of cosmic shear on angular scales of 1.3-6.5 arcmin using 45 independent empty fields observed with the Very Large Telescope (VLT). This result confirms previous measurements obtained with the CFH Telescope at the same angular scales. We present the data analysis and the first preliminary results.

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