Portion of the JWST deep field traced with galaxy shapes

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1. Claire Lamman (clairelamman@astrodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 06:35:58 UTC Claire Lamman

   The cosmic web leaves a mark on visible matter through subtle correlations involving galaxy shapes. How do we quantify these "Intrinsic Alignments"?
   For the long answer, see “The IA Guide”, now on arXiv! For the short answer, keep reading.
   arxiv.org/abs/2309.08605

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