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most citedMass and magnification maps for the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields clusters: implications for high redshift studies

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cs.GT2026

k-Submodular Cover Problem with a Matroid Constraint

Xinru Li, Donglei Du, Qian Liu +2

We investigate k-submodular cover problem with a matroid constraint on an n-element ground set V , which seeks k disjoint subsets of V with minimal cost, where their union is an in…

astro-ph.CO2026

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…

astro-ph.CO2026

Lensing in the Blue IV: The First Weak Gravitational Lensing Maps from the Stratosphere

Sayan Saha, Maya Amit, Jacqueline E. McCleary +42

The Super-Pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) completed its science flight in April 2023, obtaining imaging data for 30 galaxy clusters. In this work, we present th…

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.GA2026

Intracluster light in the infall region of simulated protoclusters of galaxies

S. V. Werner, M. Jauzac, M. Montes +4

Intracluster light (ICL) is a diffuse stellar component in galaxy clusters, made of stars following the potential of the cluster. Despite its potential to unveil the accretion hist…

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.GA2026

The Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF)

Haojing Yan, Anton M. Koekemoer, Yue Shen +127

The Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF) program is one of the five General Astrophysics Survey (GAS) programs approved for observing time with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in…

astro-ph.CO2026

Euclid. A two-point correlation approach to diagnosing star-related systematics in the Euclid spectroscopic survey

Euclid Collaboration, I. Risso, B. R. Granett +298

The Euclid spectroscopic survey will measure galaxy clustering with unprecedented precision, requiring stringent control of observational and instrumental systematics. Star-related…

astro-ph.IM2026

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…

astro-ph.IM2026

Multi-sensor fusion for fine-guidance and milliarcsecond-level attitude estimation of balloon-borne telescope

Philippe Voyer, Maya Amit, Steven J. Benton +44

Balloon-borne telescopes rely on fine-guidance systems to achieve milliarcsecond image stability despite residual disturbances from the balloon environment. In these systems, the F…

astro-ph.CO2026

SN 2022riv in RX J2129: Discovery, Spectroscopic Classification, and Microlensing of a Strongly Lensed Type Ia Supernova from JWST and HST Observations

Birendra Dhanasingham, Patrick L. Kelly, Wenlei Chen +27

The multiply imaged SN 2022riv was discovered through a search of galaxy cluster fields as part of a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) SNAP program to find highly magnified stars. The s…

astro-ph.CO2026

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…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Kiloparsec-Scale Stellar Cavity in the Center of Abell402-BCG May be Caused by Dynamic Interactions with an Ultramassive Black Hole

Michael McDonald, Gourav Khullar, David Lagattuta +18

We present new observations from JWST NIRCam that reveal a striking kpc-wide cavity in the stellar distribution of the central galaxy in the cluster Abell402. Supporting data from…

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.CO2026

A shot in the dark: searching for dark substructures in the RX J0437+00 galaxy cluster

David J. Lagattuta, Mathilde Jauzac, Jessica E. Doppel +2

Obtaining a census of dark matter structures at low mass () can provide strong constraints on the nature of dark matter, though identifying such structures remai…

astro-ph.GA2026

Caught in Swallowtails: Discovery of Two Swallowtail Image Formations in MS 0451.6-0305

Ashish K. Meena, Wenlei Chen, Lukas J. Furtak +6

We report the discovery of two swallowtail image formations at and behind the galaxy cluster MS 0451.6-0305 in JWST-NIRCam imaging. We find that in both of the ab…

astro-ph.IM2025

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.…

astro-ph.GA2025

Highly-ionized gas in lensed z = 6.027 Little Red Dot seen through [OIII] 88m with ALMA

Kirsten K. Knudsen, Johan Richard, Mathilde Jauzac +8

Determining the physical properties of galaxies during the first billion years after the big bang is key to understanding both early galaxy evolution and how galaxies contributed t…

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★ 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.CO2025★ 3 cited

Euclid: Early Release Observations. A combined strong and weak lensing solution for Abell 2390 beyond its virial radius

J. M. Diego, G. Congedo, R. Gavazzi +183

Euclid is presently mapping the distribution of matter in the Universe in detail via the weak lensing (WL) signature of billions of distant galaxies. The WL signal is most prominen…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 3 cited

SLICE: SPT-CL J0546-5345 -- A prominent strong-lensing cluster at

Joseph F. V. Allingham, Adi Zitrin, Miriam Golubchik +15

Massive galaxy clusters act as prominent strong-lenses. Due to a combination of observational biases, cluster evolution and lensing efficiency, most of the known cluster lenses lie…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 2 cited

The Kaleidoscope Survey: Strong Gravitational Lensing in Galaxy Clusters with Radial Arcs

Catherine Cerny, Mathilde Jauzac, David Lagattuta +5

We measure the dark matter density profiles of six galaxy clusters: A383, MS 2137-23, MACS J0326.8-0043, MACS J1427.6-2521, MACS J0417.5-1154, and MACS J0949.8+1708. Each cluster c…