Precise Measurement of Dark Matter Distribution with Strong and Weak Gravitational Lensing
| Science
An international research group led by Masamune Oguri, an assistant professor at IPMU, has made a precise measurement of dark matter distribution in galaxy clusters by analyzing both ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ gravitational lensing phenomena observed in images of 28 galaxy clusters taken at the Subaru 8.2-meter telescope. The result settles a long-standing controversy about the central concentration of dark matter distribution.