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The BUFFALO Survey : The Subhalo Mass Function for Abell 2744 with Strong+Weak Gravitational Lensing
Nency R. Patel, Mathilde Jauzac, Anna Niemiec +16
We present a combined strong and weak gravitational lensing mass model of the massive merging galaxy cluster Abell 2744 (z = 0.308). The mass reconstruction combines strong-lensing…
Point spread function requirements for dark matter subhalo detection with the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Georgios N. Vassilakis, Susan F. Redmond, Jason D. Rhodes +2
Different theories of dark matter predict different populations and morphologies of galactic subhaloes below about . The planned angular resolution and optical stabi…
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…
Radiation damage to the Hubble Space Telescope has been several years out of phase with the Solar cycle
Gavin Leroy, Juan Paolo Lorenzo Gerardo Barrios, Maximilian von Wietersheim-Kramsta +8
As well as obtaining beautiful images of the Universe, the Hubble Space Telescope's CCD detectors are sensitive radiation dosimeters that have been monitored in Low Earth Orbit for…
Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a future NASA flagship mission concept identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey as the highest priority for large space missions. HWO sh…
Eclipses by Artificial Satellites to Measure the Angular Sizes of Stars
Leo W. H. Fung, Albert Wai Kit Lau, Richard Massey +1
Direct measurements of the angular sizes of stars (other than our Sun) are inherently limited by telescopes' optical diffraction limit. The spatial diffraction limit can be overcom…
Lensing in the Blue III: Weak Lensing Shape Catalogs of 30 Merging Galaxy Clusters
Sayan Saha, Jacqueline E. McCleary, Spencer W. Everett +38
We present the weak gravitational lensing dataset from the Super-pressure Balloon-Borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT), which imaged 30 galaxy clusters during its 45 night flight in…
Transformational astrophysics and exoplanet science with Habitable Worlds Observatory's High Resolution Imager
Vincent Van Eylen, Richard Massey, Saeeda Awan +167
Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will be NASA's flagship space telescope of the 2040s, designed to search for life on other planets and to transform broad areas of astrophysics.…
Radiation damage to the Hubble Space Telescope during two Solar cycles, and correction of Charge Transfer Inefficiency using ArCTIc
Richard Massey, Jacob A. Kegerreis, Juan Paolo Lorenzo Gerardo Barrios +8
From 2002 to 2025, the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys has suffered in the harsh radiation environment above the protection of the Earth's atmosphere. We track…
Not so dark, not so dense: an alternative explanation for the lensing subhalo in SDSSJ0946+1006
Qiuhan He, Andrew Robertson, James W. Nightingale +12
Previous studies of the strong lens system SDSSJ0946+1006 have reported a dark matter subhalo with an unusually high central density, potentially challenging the standard cold dark…
Probing Dark Matter Substructures with Free-Form Modelling: A Case Study of the `Jackpot' Strong Lens
Xiaoyue Cao, Ran Li, James W. Nightingale +12
Characterising the population and internal structure of sub-galactic halos is critical for constraining the nature of dark matter. These halos can be detected near galaxies that ac…
The "Little Dark Dot": Evidence for Self-interacting Dark Matter in the Strong Lens SDSS J0946+1006?
Shubo Li, Ran Li, Kaihao Wang +13
Previous studies, based on precise modeling of a gravitationally lensing image, have identified what may be an extremely compact, dark perturber in the well-known lensing system SD…
The COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS) II: depth, resolution, and NIR coverage from JWST reveal 17 spectacular lenses
Guillaume Mahler, James W. Nightingale, Natalie B. Hogg +27
The COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS) presents the first systematic search for strong gravitational lenses in the COSMOS-Web field using data from the \textit{James Webb} Space Telesc…
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…
The COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS) III: forecasts versus data
Natalie B. Hogg, James W. Nightingale, Quihan He +25
We compare forecasts for the abundance and properties of strong gravitational lenses in the COSMOS-Web survey, a deg survey of the COSMOS field using the NIRCam and MIRI…
The COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS) I: Discovery of >100 high redshift strong lenses in contiguous JWST imaging
James Nightingale, Guillaume Mahler, Jacqueline McCleary +27
We present the COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS), a sample of over 100 strong lens candidates from the \,deg COSMOS-Web survey, discovered using exquisite James Webb Space T…
The COSMOS-Web ring: Spectroscopic confirmation of the background source at z = 5.1
Marko Shuntov, Shuowen Jin, Wilfried Mercier +22
We report the spectroscopic confirmation of the background source of the most distant Einstein ring known to date, the COSMOS-Web ring. This system consists of a complete Einstein…
Measuring the Stellar-to-Halo Mass Relation at Solar masses, using forthcoming space-based imaging of galaxy-galaxy strong lenses
Kaihao Wang, Xiaoyue Cao, Ran Li +11
The stellar-to-halo mass relation (SHMR) is central to understanding the co-evolution of galaxies and their host dark matter haloes, yet it remains weakly constrained for dwarf gal…
Galaxy Mass Modelling from Multi-Wavelength JWST Strong Lens Analysis: Dark Matter Substructure, Angular Mass Complexity, or Both?
Samuel C. Lange, Aristeidis Amvrosiadis, James W. Nightingale +8
We analyze two galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses, SPT0418-47 and SPT2147-50, using JWST NIRCam imaging across multiple filters. To account for angular complexity in the lens…
Lopsidedness in Early-Type Galaxies: the role of the multipole in Isophote Fitting and Strong Lens Modelling
Aristeidis Amvrosiadis, James W. Nightingale, Qiuhan He +6
The surface brightness distribution of massive early-type galaxies (ETGs) often deviates from a perfectly elliptical shape. To capture these deviations in their isophotes during an…
The onset of bar formation in a massive galaxy at
Aristeidis Amvrosiadis, Samuel Lange, James Nightingale +13
We examine the morphological and kinematical properties of SPT-2147, a strongly lensed, massive, dusty, star-forming galaxy at . Combining data from JWST, HST, and ALMA,…
Unveiling Lens Light Complexity with A Novel Multi-Gaussian Expansion Approach for Strong Gravitational Lensing
Qiuhan He, James W. Nightingale, Aris Amvrosiadis +8
In a strong gravitational lensing system, the distorted light from a source is analysed to infer the properties of the lens. However, light emitted by the lens itself can contamina…
Efficient PSF Modeling with ShOpt.jl: A PSF Benchmarking Study with JWST NIRCam Imaging
Edward Berman, Jacqueline McCleary, Anton M. Koekemoer +13
With their high angular resolutions of 30--100 mas, large fields of view, and complex optical systems, imagers on next-generation optical/near-infrared space observatories, such as…