11 papers
A Salpeter IMF and an NFW halo: Disentangling the dark and stellar mass of an elliptical galaxy through precise lens modelling of a double-source-plane system
Tian Li, Thomas E. Collett, Coleman M. Krawczyk +7
We present a strong lensing analysis of the double source plane lens J0946+1006 (colloquially "Jackpot" lens) to measure the inner dark matter density profile, the stellar-to-halo…
Discovery of Quasar Variability and Early Accretion Disk Signatures at Cosmic Dawn
Gene C. K. Leung, Anna-Christina Eilers, Christos Panagiotou +12
In the nearby universe, quasars are well known to exhibit variability in their brightness over time, offering a powerful tool to probe the physics of accretion onto the SMBH and di…
Lensed stars in galaxy-galaxy strong lensing -- a JWST prediction for the Cosmic Horseshoe
Sung Kei Li, Luke Weisenbach, Thomas E. Collett +10
We explore for the first time the possibility of detecting lensed star transients in galaxy-galaxy strong lensing systems upon repeated, deep imaging using the {\it James-Webb Spac…
CROCS Data Release I: Constraints on the Hubble Constant
Luke Weisenbach, Sophie L. Newman, Kieran Graham +5
Recent cosmological surveys and datasets have highlighted a variety of tensions to the concordance model of our universe, CDM. Of particular interest is the Hubble tension, the…
Microlensing of lensed supernovae Zwicky & iPTF16geu: constraints on the lens galaxy mass slope and dark compact object fraction
Nikki Arendse, Edvard Mörtsell, Luke Weisenbach +9
To date, only two strongly lensed type Ia supernovae (SNIa) have been discovered with an isolated galaxy acting as the lens: iPTF16geu and SN Zwicky. The observed image fluxes for…
Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). The Strong Lensing Discovery Engine C: Finding lenses with machine learning
Euclid Collaboration, N. E. P. Lines, T. E. Collett +350
Strong gravitational lensing has the potential to provide a powerful probe of astrophysics and cosmology, but fewer than 1000 strong lenses have been confirmed so far. With a 0.16'…