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astro-ph.CO2025

DESI Strong Lens Foundry I: HST Observations and Modeling with GIGA-Lens

X. Huang, S. Baltasar, N. Ratier-Werbin +56

We present the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Strong Lens Foundry. We discovered new strong gravitational lens candidates in the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey…

astro-ph.CO2025

DESI Strong Lens Foundry II: DESI Spectroscopy for Strong Lens Candidates

Xiaosheng Huang, Jose Carlos Inchausti, Christopher J. Storfer +59

We present the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Strong Lensing Secondary Target Program. This is a spectroscopic follow-up program for strong gravitational lens candidat…

astro-ph.IM2024

A Cryogen-Free Electron Beam Ion Trap for Astrophysically Relevant Spectroscopic Studies

A. C. Gall, A. Foster, Y. Yang +4

The detailed design and operation of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's EBIT are described for the first time, including recent design upgrades that have led to improved s…

astro-ph.CO2024

LensWatch: I. Resolved HST Observations and Constraints on the Strongly-Lensed Type Ia Supernova 2022qmx ("SN Zwicky")

J. D. R. Pierel, N. Arendse, S. Ertl +39

Supernovae (SNe) that have been multiply-imaged by gravitational lensing are rare and powerful probes for cosmology. Each detection is an opportunity to develop the critical tools…

astro-ph.CO2025

DESI Strong Lens Foundry V: A Sample of HST-Observed Strong Lenses Modeled with GIGA-Lens

Xiaosheng Huang, David Alvarez-Garcia, Monica Ubeda +13

We present six galaxy-scale strong lenses with HST imaging modeled using GIGA-Lens. This is Paper V of the DESI Strong Lens Foundry series. These systems were discovered in the DES…

astro-ph.IM2011

Fe XVII X-ray Line Ratios for Accurate Astrophysical Plasma Diagnostics

J. D. Gillaspy, T. Lin, L. Tedesco +6

New laboratory measurements using an Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) and an x-ray microcalorimeter are presented for the n=3 to n=2 Fe XVII emission lines in the 15 Ã to 17 Ã range,…