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most citedDark Matter in Galaxy Clusters: a Parametric Strong Lensing Approach

27 citations · 85 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

SLICE: Unveiling the Multi-Component Merging Core of SPT-CLJ1150-2805 Through Strong-Lensing Mass Modelling

James R. Betts, Benjamin Beauchesne, Mathilde Jauzac +16

We present a new strong-lensing and X-ray mass model of the merging galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ1150-2805 (), combining JWST NIRCam, HST, Chandra, and VLT/MUSE data to robustly…

astro-ph.CO2026

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…

astro-ph.CO2026

Non-spherical BUFFALOs: a weak lensing view of the Frontier Field clusters and associated systematics

A. Niemiec, A. Acebron, B. Beauchesne +15

Galaxy clusters are tracers of the large scale structures of the Universe, making the time evolution of their mass function dependent on key cosmological parameters, such as the co…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 2 cited

A first GLIMPSE into star clusters populations across cosmic time

Adélaïde Claeyssens, Angela Adamo, Vasily Kokorev +12

We present the first sample of 222 high-redshift (z>0.5) star clusters, detected with JWST/NIRCam in 78 magnified galaxies from different galaxy cluster fields. The majority of the…

astro-ph.CO2025

SLICE -- Combining Strong Lensing and X-ray in AC 114. Further Insights into the Merger Scenario

Marceau Limousin, Benjamin Beauchesne, Keren Sharon +14

AC114 is a historically significant galaxy cluster, being one of the first strong lensing clusters detected from the ground in the early 1990s, prior to the launch of the HST. Desp…

astro-ph.CO2025

A Strong Gravitational Lensing Model of PSZ2 G118.46+39.32

Isaac Smith, Catherine Cerny, Keren Sharon +4

We present the first strong gravitational lensing model for the cluster PSZ2 G118.46+39.32 (z = 0.3967) using new NIRCam imaging from the Strong LensIng and Cluster Evolution (SLIC…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

JWST's GLIMPSE: an overview of the deepest probe of early galaxy formation and cosmic reionization

Hakim Atek, John Chisholm, Vasily Kokorev +44

We present an overview of the JWST GLIMPSE program, highlighting its survey design, primary science goals, gravitational lensing models, and first results. GLIMPSE provides ultra-d…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 1 cited

A comprehensive separation of dark matter and baryonic mass components in galaxy clusters II: an overview of the mass distribution in Abell S1063

Benjamin Beauchesne, Benjamin Clément, Marceau Limousin +11

In the first paper of this series, we derived mass constraints on the total mass and the baryonic components of the galaxy cluster Abell S1063. The main focus was to recover stella…

astro-ph.GA2025

A comprehensive separation of dark matter and baryonic mass components in galaxy clusters I: Mass constraints from Abell S1063

Benjamin Beauchesne, Benjamin Clément, Marceau Limousin +11

In this two-part series, we present a multi-probe mass modelling method for massive galaxy clusters, designed to disentangle the contributions of individual mass components (Dark m…

astro-ph.GA2025

Hiding behind a curtain of dust: Gas and dust properties of an ultra-luminous strongly-lensed z = 3.75 galaxy behind the Milky Way disk

Belén Alcalde Pampliega, Kevin C. Harrington, Aristeidis Amvrosiadis +21

We present a detailed analysis of J154506, a strongly lensed submillimeter galaxy behind the Lupus-I molecular cloud, and characterisation of its physical properties using a combin…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 4 cited

Strong LensIng and Cluster Evolution (SLICE) with JWST: Early Results, Lens Models, and High-Redshift Detections

Catherine Cerny, Guillaume Mahler, Keren Sharon +24

We leverage JWST's superb resolution to derive strong lensing mass maps of 14 clusters, spanning a redshift range of and a mass range of $M_{500}\sim2-12 \times…

astro-ph.CO2024

Mass & Light in Galaxy Clusters: The case of Abell 370

M. Limousin, A. Niemiec, B. Beauchesne +16

Parametric strong lensing studies of galaxy clusters often display "misleading features". This is the case in the galaxy cluster Abell 370. Using strong lensing techniques, it has…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 4 cited

The KALEIDOSCOPE survey : A new strong and weak gravitational lensing view of the massive galaxy cluster MACS J1423.8+2404

Nency R. Patel, Mathilde Jauzac, Anna Niemiec +6

We present a combined strong and weak gravitational-lensing analysis of the massive galaxy cluster MACS J1423.8+2404 (, MACS J1423 hereafter), one of the most dynamically…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 1 cited

Beyond MACS: Physical properties of extremely X-ray luminous clusters at

H. Ebeling, J. Richard, B. Beauchesne +3

We present a sample of over 100 highly X-ray luminous galaxy clusters at 0.5-0.9, discovered by the extended Massive Cluster Survey (eMACS) in ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) d…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 24 cited

Paper 1: The JWST PEARLS View of the El Gordo Galaxy Cluster and of the Structure It Magnifies

Brenda L. Frye, Massimo Pascale, Nicholas Foo +41

The massive galaxy cluster El Gordo (z=0.87) imprints multitudes of gravitationally lensed arcs onto James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) images. Eight b…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 7 cited

Precision modeling of JWST's first cluster lens SMACSJ0723.3-7327

Guillaume Mahler, Mathilde Jauzac, Johan Richard +12

Exploiting the fundamentally achromatic nature of gravitational lensing, we present a lens model for the massive galaxy cluster SMACSJ0723.3-7323 (SMACSJ0723, z=0.388) that signifi…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 27 cited

Dark Matter in Galaxy Clusters: a Parametric Strong Lensing Approach

Marceau Limousin, Benjamin Beauchesne, Eric Jullo

We present a parametric strong lensing analysis of three massive clusters. Our aim is to probe the inner shape of dark matter haloes, in particular the existence of a core. We adop…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 12 cited

Improving parametric mass modelling of lensing clusters through a perturbative approach

Benjamin Beauchesne, Benjamin Clément, Johan Richard +2

We present a new method to model the mass distribution of galaxy clusters that combines a parametric and a free-form approach to reconstruct cluster cores with strong lensing const…