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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…