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Simplify WL systematics description of dependence on star/gal size ratio
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where $m_i$ is the multiplicative and $c_i$ is the additive systematic in the
ith shear component. These systematics have contributions from the atmosphere
and the detector+optics. Systematic errors in the PSF of the relatively
brighter calibration stars in the field are propagated to errors in the galaxy
shear, depending on the relative half-light sizes of the galaxy and star. To
leading order, the PSF contributions to the additive systematic are a linear
function of the PSF ellipticity. The best observing strategies cause the
average PSF ellipticity at a given point (over all exposures) to average towards
zero.
and the detector+optics. Systematic errors in modeling the PSF from images of
stars and in interpolating the PSF from the positions of stars to the positions of
galaxies propagate to systematic errors in the galaxy shear. To leading order, the
PSF contributions to the additive systematic are a linear function of the PSF
ellipticity. The best observing strategies cause the average PSF ellipticity at a
given point (over all exposures) to average towards zero.

From the LSST SRD requirements on residual systematics in the galaxy shear-shear
correlation function one can specify the level of residual shear systematics at
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