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20192026
most citedHOLISMOKES -- II. Identifying galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses in Pan-STARRS using convolutional neural networks

78 citations · 682 across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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34 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

OASIS: On-the-fly ASynchronous Image Stream classification -- Transformer-based models for the early detection of strongly lensed supernovae

Satadru Bag, Raoul Canameras, Sherry H. Suyu +4

Time-domain surveys often produce asynchronous image sequences across irregular observation times and photometric bands. In many applications, predictions are needed after each new…

astro-ph.CO2026

Narrowing down the Hubble constant value by exploiting the extended surface brightness of the supernova Refsdal host galaxy

S. Schuldt, C. Grillo, S. H. Suyu +7

We present the first inference of the Hubble constant and matter density parameter from a strongly lensed supernova by exploiting the mass model of a galaxy cluster enhanced by an…

astro-ph.GA2026

HOLISMOKES XX. Lens models of binary lens galaxies with five images of Supernova Winny

L. R. Ecker, A. G. Schweinfurth, R. Saglia +13

Strongly lensed supernovae (SNe) provide a powerful way to study cosmology, SNe and galaxies. Modelling the lens system is key to extracting astrophysical and cosmological informat…

astro-ph.CO2026

A boost in the precision of cluster-mass models: Exploiting the extended surface brightness of the lensed supernova Refsdal host galaxy

S. Schuldt, C. Grillo, A. Acebron +4

Combining deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images and extensive data from the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer, we present new mass models of the cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, stron…

astro-ph.GA2025

Strong Lensing Model and Dust Extinction Maps of the Host Galaxy of Type Ia Supernova H0pe

A. Galan, S. Schuldt, G. B. Caminha +11

Strong gravitational lensing by massive galaxy clusters offers rare opportunities to observe multiple images of distant () Type Ia supernovae (SNe) and to resolve the…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 3 cited

Cosmology with supernova Encore in the strong lensing cluster MACS J0138-2155: Time delays & Hubble constant measurement

J. D. R. Pierel, E. E. Hayes, M. Millon +26

Multiply-imaged supernovae (SNe) provide a novel means of constraining the Hubble constant (). Such measurements require a combination of precise models of the lensing mass di…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 12 cited

Cosmology with supernova Encore in the strong lensing cluster MACS J0138-2155: Lens model comparison and H0 measurement

S. H. Suyu, A. Acebron, C. Grillo +28

MACS J0138-2155 is the only known cluster to strongly lens two supernovae (SNe), Requiem and Encore, from the same host galaxy at z=1.949. We present seven independent mass models…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 6 cited

A long-lasting eruption heralds SN 2023ldh, a clone of SN 2009ip

A. Pastorello, A. Reguitti, L. Tartaglia +46

We discuss the results of the spectroscopic and photometric monitoring of the type IIn supernova (SN) 2023ldh. Survey archive data show that the SN progenitor experienced some erra…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 3 cited

HOLISMOKES XVI: Lens search in HSC-PDR3 with a neural network committee and post-processing for false-positive removal

S. Schuldt, R. Cañameras, Y. Shu +6

We have carried out a systematic search for galaxy-scale lenses exploiting multi-band imaging data from the third public data release of the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) survey with the…

astro-ph.GA2025

Discovering Strong Gravitational Lenses in the Dark Energy Survey with Interactive Machine Learning and Crowd-sourced Inspection with Space Warps

J. Gonzalez, P. Holloway, T. Collett +70

We conduct a search for strong gravitational lenses in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 6 imaging data. We implement a pre-trained Vision Transformer (ViT) for our machine learnin…

astro-ph.GA2024

Cosmology with Supernova Encore in the lensing cluster MACS J01382155 -- Spectroscopy with MUSE

G. Granata, G. B. Caminha, S. Ertl +9

We present a spectroscopic analysis of MACS J01382155, at , the first galaxy cluster hosting two strongly-lensed supernovae (SNe), Requiem and Encore, providing us with…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 4 cited

HOLISMOKES XV. Search for strong gravitational lenses combining ground-based and space-based imaging

A. Melo, R. Cañameras, S. Schuldt +4

In the past, researchers have mostly relied on single-resolution images from individual telescopes to detect gravitational lenses. We propose a search for galaxy-scale lenses that,…

astro-ph.IM2024

Euclid: Searches for strong gravitational lenses using convolutional neural nets in Early Release Observations of the Perseus field

R. Pearce-Casey, B. C. Nagam, J. Wilde +204

The Euclid Wide Survey (EWS) is predicted to find approximately 170 000 galaxy-galaxy strong lenses from its lifetime observation of 14 000 deg^2 of the sky. Detecting this many le…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 12 cited

J1721+8842: The first Einstein zig-zag lens

F. Dux, M. Millon, C. Lemon +16

We report the discovery of the first example of an Einstein zig-zag lens, an extremely rare lensing configuration. In this system, J1721+8842, six images of the same background qua…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 9 cited

Improved model of the Supernova Refsdal cluster MACS J1149.5+2223 thanks to VLT/MUSE

S. Schuldt, C. Grillo, G. B. Caminha +9

We present new VLT/MUSE observations of the Hubble Frontier Field (HFF) galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, lensing the well-known supernova "Refsdal" into multiple images, which ena…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 1 cited

Augmenting the power of time-delay cosmography in lens galaxy clusters by probing their member galaxies. II. Cosmic chronometers

P. Bergamini, S. Schuldt, A. Acebron +9

We present a novel approach to measuring the expansion rate and the geometry of the Universe, which combine time-delay cosmography in lens galaxy clusters with pure samples of 'cos…

astro-ph.CO2023

Augmenting the power of time-delay cosmography in lens galaxy clusters by probing their member galaxies I. Type Ia supernovae

A. Acebron, S. Schuldt, C. Grillo +9

We present a simple and promising new method to measure the expansion rate and the geometry of the universe that combines observations related to the time delays between the multip…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

The missing quasar image in the gravitationally lensed quasar HE02302130: Implications for the cored lens mass distribution and dark satellites

S. Ertl, S. Schuldt, S. H. Suyu +3

Strongly lensed systems with peculiar configurations allow us to probe the local properties of the deflecting lens mass while simultaneously testing general profile assumptions. Th…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

HOLISMOKES -- XI. Evaluation of supervised neural networks for strong-lens searches in ground-based imaging surveys

R. Canameras, S. Schuldt, Y. Shu +10

While supervised neural networks have become state of the art for identifying the rare strong gravitational lenses from large imaging data sets, their selection remains significant…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 31 cited

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.CO2022★ 32 cited

TDCOSMO X. Automated Modeling of 9 Strongly Lensed Quasars and Comparison Between Lens Modeling Software

S. Ertl, S. Schuldt, S. H. Suyu +5

To use strong gravitational lenses as an astrophysical or cosmological probe, models of their mass distributions are often needed. We present a new, time-efficient automation code…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 16 cited

HOLISMOKES -- X. Comparison between neural network and semi-automated traditional modeling of strong lenses

S. Schuldt, S. H. Suyu, R. Canameras +4

Modeling of strongly gravitationally lensed galaxies is often required in order to use them as astrophysical or cosmological probes. With current and upcoming wide-field imaging su…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 66 cited

STRIDES: Automated uniform models for 30 quadruply imaged quasars

T. Schmidt, T. Treu, S. Birrer +68

Gravitational time delays provide a powerful one step measurement of , independent of all other probes. One key ingredient in time delay cosmography are high accuracy lens mod…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 17 cited

HOLISMOKES -- IX. Neural network inference of strong-lens parameters and uncertainties from ground-based images

S. Schuldt, R. Cañameras, Y. Shu +4

Modeling of strong gravitational lenses is a necessity for further applications in astrophysics and cosmology. Especially with the large number of detections in current and upcomin…