Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). The Strong Lensing Discovery Engine D -- Double-source-plane lens candidates
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2025-03-20 v1
Abstract
Strong gravitational lensing systems with multiple source planes are powerful tools for probing the density profiles and dark matter substructure of the galaxies. The ratio of Einstein radii is related to the dark energy equation of state through the cosmological scaling factor . However, galaxy-scale double-source-plane lenses (DSPLs) are extremely rare. In this paper, we report the discovery of four new galaxy-scale double-source-plane lens candidates in the Euclid Quick Release 1 (Q1) data. These systems were initially identified through a combination of machine learning lens-finding models and subsequent visual inspection from citizens and experts. We apply the widely-used {\tt LensPop} lens forecasting model to predict that the full \Euclid survey will discover 1700 DSPLs, which scales to DSPLs in 63 deg, the area of Q1. The number of discoveries in this work is broadly consistent with this forecast. We present lens models for each DSPL and infer their values. Our initial Q1 sample demonstrates the promise of \Euclid to discover such rare objects.
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@article{arxiv.2503.15327,
title = {Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). The Strong Lensing Discovery Engine D -- Double-source-plane lens candidates},
author = {Euclid Collaboration and T. Li and T. E. Collett and M. Walmsley and N. E. P. Lines and K. Rojas and J. W. Nightingale and W. J. R. Enzi and L. A. Moustakas and C. Krawczyk and R. Gavazzi and G. Despali and P. Holloway and S. Schuldt and F. Courbin and R. B. Metcalf and D. J. Ballard and A. Verma and B. Clément and H. Degaudenzi and A. Melo and J. A. Acevedo Barroso and L. Leuzzi and A. Manjón-García and R. Pearce-Casey and D. Sluse and C. Tortora and R. Massey and G. Mahler and A. More and N. Aghanim and B. Altieri and A. Amara and S. Andreon and N. Auricchio and H. Aussel and C. Baccigalupi and M. Baldi and A. Balestra and S. Bardelli and P. Battaglia and R. Bender and F. Bernardeau and A. Biviano and A. Bonchi and E. Branchini and M. Brescia and J. Brinchmann and S. Camera and G. Cañas-Herrera and V. Capobianco and C. Carbone and V. F. Cardone and J. Carretero and S. Casas and M. Castellano and G. Castignani and S. Cavuoti and K. C. Chambers and A. Cimatti and C. Colodro-Conde and G. Congedo and C. J. Conselice and L. Conversi and Y. Copin and H. M. Courtois and M. Cropper and A. Da Silva and G. De Lucia and A. M. Di Giorgio and C. Dolding and H. Dole and F. Dubath and C. A. J. Duncan and X. Dupac and S. Escoffier and M. Fabricius and M. Farina and R. Farinelli and F. Faustini and S. Ferriol and F. Finelli and S. Fotopoulou and M. Frailis and E. Franceschi and S. Galeotta and K. George and W. Gillard and B. Gillis and C. Giocoli and P. Gómez-Alvarez and J. Gracia-Carpio and B. R. Granett and A. Grazian and F. Grupp and S. V. H. Haugan and H. Hoekstra and W. Holmes and I. M. Hook and F. Hormuth and A. Hornstrup and P. Hudelot and K. Jahnke and M. Jhabvala and B. Joachimi and E. Keihänen and S. Kermiche and A. Kiessling and B. Kubik and M. Kümmel and M. Kunz and H. Kurki-Suonio and Q. Le Boulc'h and A. M. C. Le Brun and D. Le Mignant and S. Ligori and P. B. Lilje and V. Lindholm and I. Lloro and G. Mainetti and D. Maino and E. Maiorano and O. Mansutti and S. Marcin and O. Marggraf and M. Martinelli and N. Martinet and F. Marulli and S. Maurogordato and E. Medinaceli and S. Mei and Y. Mellier and M. Meneghetti and E. Merlin and G. Meylan and A. Mora and M. Moresco and L. Moscardini and R. Nakajima and C. Neissner and R. C. Nichol and S. -M. Niemi and C. Padilla and S. Paltani and F. Pasian and K. Pedersen and W. J. Percival and V. Pettorino and S. Pires and G. Polenta and M. Poncet and L. A. Popa and L. Pozzetti and F. Raison and R. Rebolo and A. Renzi and J. Rhodes and G. Riccio and E. Romelli and M. Roncarelli and R. Saglia and Z. Sakr and D. Sapone and B. Sartoris and J. A. Schewtschenko and M. Schirmer and P. Schneider and T. Schrabback and A. Secroun and G. Seidel and M. Seiffert and S. Serrano and P. Simon and C. Sirignano and G. Sirri and A. Spurio Mancini and L. Stanco and J. Steinwagner and P. Tallada-Crespí and A. N. Taylor and I. Tereno and N. Tessore and S. Toft and R. Toledo-Moreo and F. Torradeflot and I. Tutusaus and E. A. Valentijn and L. Valenziano and J. Valiviita and T. Vassallo and G. Verdoes Kleijn and A. Veropalumbo and Y. Wang and J. Weller and A. Zacchei and G. Zamorani and F. M. Zerbi and E. Zucca and V. Allevato and M. Ballardini and M. Bolzonella and E. Bozzo and C. Burigana and R. Cabanac and A. Cappi and D. Di Ferdinando and J. A. Escartin Vigo and L. Gabarra and M. Huertas-Company and J. Martín-Fleitas and S. Matthew and N. Mauri and A. Pezzotta and M. Pöntinen and C. Porciani and I. Risso and V. Scottez and M. Sereno and M. Tenti and M. Viel and M. Wiesmann and Y. Akrami and S. Alvi and I. T. Andika and S. Anselmi and M. Archidiacono and F. Atrio-Barandela and K. Benson and P. Bergamini and D. Bertacca and M. Bethermin and A. Blanchard and L. Blot and M. L. Brown and S. Bruton and A. Calabro and F. Caro and C. S. Carvalho and T. Castro and F. Cogato and A. R. Cooray and O. Cucciati and S. Davini and F. De Paolis and G. Desprez and A. Díaz-Sánchez and J. J. Diaz and S. Di Domizio and J. M. Diego and P. -A. Duc and A. Enia and Y. Fang and A. G. Ferrari and P. G. Ferreira and A. Finoguenov and A. Fontana and A. Franco and K. Ganga and J. García-Bellido and T. Gasparetto and V. Gautard and E. Gaztanaga and F. Giacomini and F. Gianotti and G. Gozaliasl and M. Guidi and C. M. Gutierrez and A. Hall and W. G. Hartley and C. Hernández-Monteagudo and H. Hildebrandt and J. Hjorth and M. Jauzac and J. J. E. Kajava and Y. Kang and V. Kansal and D. Karagiannis and K. Kiiveri and C. C. Kirkpatrick and S. Kruk and J. Le Graet and L. Legrand and M. Lembo and F. Lepori and G. Leroy and G. F. Lesci and J. Lesgourgues and T. I. Liaudat and A. Loureiro and J. Macias-Perez and G. Maggio and M. Magliocchetti and F. Mannucci and R. Maoli and C. J. A. P. Martins and L. Maurin and M. Migliaccio and M. Miluzio and P. Monaco and C. Moretti and G. Morgante and S. Nadathur and K. Naidoo and A. Navarro-Alsina and S. Nesseris and F. Passalacqua and K. Paterson and L. Patrizii and A. Pisani and D. Potter and S. Quai and M. Radovich and P. -F. Rocci and S. Sacquegna and M. Sahlén and D. B. Sanders and E. Sarpa and C. Scarlata and J. Schaye and A. Schneider and D. Sciotti and E. Sellentin and L. C. Smith and K. Tanidis and G. Testera and R. Teyssier and S. Tosi and A. Troja and M. Tucci and C. Valieri and A. Venhola and D. Vergani and G. Vernardos and G. Verza and P. Vielzeuf and N. A. Walton and J. Wilde and D. Scott},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.15327},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Paper submitted as part of the A&A Special Issue `Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1), 16 pages, 11 figures