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How much can shape degeneracies affect the Hubble constant measurement?
Ashish K. Meena, Prasenjit Saha, Liliya L. R. Williams +2
Cluster lens models are constrained almost entirely by observed lensed image positions, leaving a large space of mass perturbations with arbitrary amplitudes such that they reprodu…
SN Helios: A Multiply Imaged Type II Supernova Opening Time-Delay Cosmography beyond redshift of 3
Seiji Fujimoto, Conor Larison, Justin D. R. Pierel +64
We report the discovery and spectroscopic confirmation of SN Helios, a strongly lensed, multiply imaged Type II supernova (SN) at behind the galaxy cluster RXC J0018.5+162…
Shape Degeneracies: the likely culprit for the differences between lens mass models of galaxy clusters
Liliya L. R. Williams, Derek C. Perera, Jori Liesenborgs +3
Sky-projected mass distributions of galaxy clusters are widely used to constrain particle properties of dark matter, to magnify in flux and angular extent high redshift background…
Resolving 3 Exotic Hyperbolic-Umbilic Lensing Configurations in the "Cosmic Mantis": An Exploration of RXJ0437.1+0043 with JWST
Catherine Cerny, David J. Lagattuta, Keren Sharon +12
We present an updated strong lensing model for the galaxy cluster RXJ0437.1+0043 (z=0.285) using new JWST NIRCam imaging in four pass-bands. The cluster field notably displays at l…
: A general-purpose strong lens modeling package
Ashish Kumar Meena
We present LensFactory.jl, an efficient, open-source, general-purpose strong lens modeling package written in Julia. It supports single- and multi-plane lensing with a wide range o…
Predisposition of galaxy clusters to producing exotic hyperbolic umbilic lensing configurations
Quentin Basto, Johan Richard, David J. Lagattuta +2
Strong gravitational lensing is a powerful tool for investigating the universe's large-scale structure and understanding the properties of dark matter and dark energy. The magnific…
Other red dots: A possible GLIMPSE of normal AGB stars at Cosmic Noon through extreme lensing
Lukas J. Furtak, Adi Zitrin, Erik Zackrisson +18
We report the discovery of four extremely faint () red point sources in recent ultra-deep JWST/NIRCam images of the strong lensing galaxy cluster Abell…
Beyond collective fluctuations: probing micro-image swarms in lensed quasars with intensity interferometry
Ashish Kumar Meena, Prasenjit Saha
Each strongly lensed image of a quasar behind a lensing galaxy (or galaxy cluster) is composed of a swarm of micro-images. This is a result of microlensing due to stellar-scale sub…
First Statistical Study of Over 100 Magnified Stellar Events at Redshift with JWST
J. M. Palencia, Fengwu Sun, J. M. Diego +25
Highly magnified stars at cosmological distances () become detectable thanks to microlensing by intracluster stars near the critical curves of galaxy clusters. Multi…
SN 2022riv in RX J2129: Discovery, Spectroscopic Classification, and Microlensing of a Strongly Lensed Type Ia Supernova from JWST and HST Observations
Birendra Dhanasingham, Patrick L. Kelly, Wenlei Chen +27
The multiply imaged SN 2022riv was discovered through a search of galaxy cluster fields as part of a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) SNAP program to find highly magnified stars. The s…
Tests of general relativity in pseudo-Newtonian approach
Naman Goyal, Banibrata Mukhopadhyay, Ashish Kumar Meena
We investigate the extent to which pseudo-Newtonian gravitational potentials can reproduce classic tests of general relativity without resorting to full general relativistic formal…
VENUS: Strong-lensing model of MACS J1931.8-2635 -- revealing the farthest multiply imaged supernova
Joseph F. V. Allingham, Adi Zitrin, Vasily Kokorev +42
We present a parametric strong-lensing model for the galaxy cluster MACS J1931.8-2635 (), accompanying the detection of the spectroscopically confirmed SN Eos at $z = 5…
Caught in Swallowtails: Discovery of Two Swallowtail Image Formations in MS 0451.6-0305
Ashish K. Meena, Wenlei Chen, Lukas J. Furtak +6
We report the discovery of two swallowtail image formations at and behind the galaxy cluster MS 0451.6-0305 in JWST-NIRCam imaging. We find that in both of the ab…
VENUS: A Strongly Lensed Clumpy Galaxy at behind the Galaxy Cluster MACS J0257.1-2325
Minami Nakane, Vasily Kokorev, Seiji Fujimoto +75
We present the discovery of a strongly lensed galaxy at , dubbed the ``Misty Moons'', identified in the JWST Treasury Survey, Vast Exploration for Nascent, Unexplored S…
Gravitational lensing of 21 cm HI signal: detection prospects at z ~ 1 with uGMRT in galaxy cluster lenses
Sauraj Bharti, Ashish Kumar Meena, J. S. Bagla
The atomic hydrogen HI content of galaxies is intimately related to star formation and galaxy evolution through the baryon cycle, which involves processes such as accretion, feedba…
SLICE: SPT-CL J0546-5345 -- A prominent strong-lensing cluster at
Joseph F. V. Allingham, Adi Zitrin, Miriam Golubchik +15
Massive galaxy clusters act as prominent strong-lenses. Due to a combination of observational biases, cluster evolution and lensing efficiency, most of the known cluster lenses lie…
JWST's PEARLS: A Candidate Massive Binary Star System in a Lensed Galaxy at Redshift 0.94
Hayley Williams, Patrick L. Kelly, Emmanouil Zapartas +18
Massive stars at cosmological distances can be individually detected during transient microlensing events, when gravitational lensing magnifications may exceed ~1000. Nine such sou…
JWST's PEARLS: Temperatures of Nine Highly Magnified Stars in a Galaxy at Redshift 0.94 and Simulated Stellar Population Dependence on Stellar Metallicity and the Initial Mass Function
Hayley Williams, Patrick L. Kelly, Rogier A. Windhorst +17
We present stellar atmosphere modeling of JWST NIRCam photometry of nine highly magnified individual stars in a single galaxy at redshift z=0.94 known as the Warhol arc, which is s…
Transient star B/R ratio and star formation in lensed galaxies
Sung Kei Li, Jose M. Palencia, Jose M. Diego +8
The extreme magnification from galaxy clusters and microlenses therein allows the detection of individual, luminous stars in lensed galaxies as transient events, and hence provides…
Microlensing at Cosmological Distances: Event Rate Predictions in the Warhol Arc of MACS 0416
J. M. Palencia, J. M. Diego, L. Dai +13
Highly magnified stars ( 100) are now outinely identified as transient events at cosmological distances thanks to microlensing by intra-cluster stars near the critical curve…
Constraining the z 1 Initial Mass Function with {\it HST} and {\it JWST} Lensed Stars in MACS J0416.1-2403
Sung Kei Li, Jose M. Diego, Ashish K. Meena +19
Our understanding of galaxy properties and evolution is contingent on knowing the initial mass function (IMF), and yet to date, the IMF is constrained only to local galaxies. Indiv…
Flashlights: Prospects for constraining the Initial Mass Function around cosmic noon with caustic-crossing events
Ashish Kumar Meena, Sung Kei Li, Adi Zitrin +7
The Flashlights program with the Hubble Space Telescope imaged the six Hubble Frontier Fields galaxy clusters in two epochs and detected twenty transients. These are primarily expe…
Cosmology with supernova Encore in the strong lensing cluster MACS J01382155: photometry, cluster members, and lens mass model
S. Ertl, S. H. Suyu, S. Schuldt +23
The strongly lensed Supernova (SN) Encore at a redshift of , discovered behind the galaxy cluster MACS J01382155 at , provides a rare opportunity for time-de…
Which gravitational lensing degeneracies are broken in wave-optics?
Ashish Kumar Meena
This paper studies gravitational lensing degeneracies in the wave-optics regime, focusing on lensed gravitational waves (GWs). Considering lensing degeneracies as re-scaling (or tr…