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most citedProject Dinos I: A joint lensing-dynamics constraint on the deviation from the power law in the mass profile of massive ellipticals

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astro-ph.GA2026

Forecasting the Resolvability of Stellar Velocity Dispersions in Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies

Pierre Thibodeaux, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Alexander P. Ji +4

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs)---the smallest and most dark-matter dominated galactic systems---push the boundaries of our understanding of galaxy formation in the cold dark mat…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Deep Look at the Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellite Virgo III with Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2

Aashay Pai, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Peter S. Ferguson +10

We analyze the ultra-faint Milky Way satellite Virgo III using data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 2 (DP2). Virgo III was observed in the Rubin "Cosmic Treasure Ch…

astro-ph.GA2026

Discovery of the Distant, Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellite Aquarius IV with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Early Data Preview 2

William Cerny, Aashay Pai, Alex Drlica-Wagner +16

We present the discovery of Aquarius IV (Rubin J22010234) -- the first ultra-faint Milky Way satellite to be identified using data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. This syste…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 13 cited

Project Dinos II: Redshift evolution of dark and luminous matter density profiles in strong-lensing elliptical galaxies across 0.1 < z < 0.9

William Sheu, Anowar J. Shajib, Tommaso Treu +5

We present a new measurement of the dark and luminous matter distribution of massive elliptical galaxies, and their evolution with redshift, by combining strong lensing and dynamic…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 44 cited

Project Dinos I: A joint lensing-dynamics constraint on the deviation from the power law in the mass profile of massive ellipticals

Chin Yi Tan, Anowar J. Shajib, Simon Birrer +7

The mass distribution in massive elliptical galaxies encodes their evolutionary history, thus providing an avenue to constrain the baryonic astrophysics in their evolution. The pow…