A VIMOS-IFU survey of $z \sim 0.2$ massive lensing galaxy clusters: constraining cosmography
Abstract
We present an integral field spectroscopy survey of rich clusters of galaxies aimed at studying their lensing properties. Thanks to knowledge of the spectroscopic caracteristics of more than three families of multiple images in a single lens, one is able in principle to derive constraints on the geometric cosmological parameters. We show that this ambitious program is feasible and present some new results, in particular the redshift measurement of the giant arc in A2667 and the resdshift confirmation of the counter-image of the radial arc in MS2137--23. Prospects for the future of such program are presented.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0601291,
title = {A VIMOS-IFU survey of $z \sim 0.2$ massive lensing galaxy clusters: constraining cosmography},
author = {Genevieve Soucail and Giovanni Covone and Jean-Paul Kneib},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0601291},
year = {2015}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in "Science Perspectives for 3D Spectroscopy", eds. M. Kissler-Patig, M. M. Roth and J. R. Walsh, ESO Astrophysics Symposia