Likelihood analysis of cosmic shear on simulated and VIRMOS-DESCART data L. Van Waerbeke, Y. Mellier, R. Pelló, U.-L. Pen, H. J. McCracken and B. Jain A&A, 393 2 (2002) 369-379 Published online: 23 September 2002 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20020932