10 papers
Gravitational Lensing Predictions from Wave Simulations of Fuzzy Dark Matter
Jiajun Zhou, Zhengxiang Li, Amruth Alfred +3
In the cold dark matter paradigm, ultra-light particles are emerging as strong contenders to conventional massive particles. A unique prediction of dark matter comprising such ultr…
The Subversive Role of Excessive External Shear in Concealing Lensing Anomalies
Amruth Alfred, Shashpal Singh, Rommulus Francis Lewis +5
To best reproduce observed multiply-lensed lensed images, lens models usually incorporate shear attributed to objects unrelated to the lensing galaxy (i.e., external shear): whethe…
Extragalactic microlensing through Ultra Diffuse Galaxies
Sung Kei Li, Thomas Broadhurst, Jose M. Diego +3
Stellar microlensing is a powerful method to constrain compact dark matter models, uncover binary stars, and exoplanets during caustic crossing events. At cosmological distances, {…
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…
Multi-copy Axion Transfer Function and Observational Implications of Effective de Broglie Scales
Jiashuo Zhang, Tom Broadhurst, Jeremy Lim +2
Ultra-light axions are viable fuzzy/wave-like dark matter (DM) candidates generically predicted by the String Axiverse paradigm with multiple particle copies, whereas most of t…
Transient star B/R ratio and star formation in lensed galaxies
Sung Kei Li, Jose M. Palencia, Jose M. Diego +8
The extreme magnification from galaxy clusters and microlenses therein allows the detection of individual, luminous stars in lensed galaxies as transient events, and hence provides…