The combination of two-dimensional kinematics and gravitational lens modelling permits detailed reconstruction of the phase-space structure of early-type galaxies and sets constraints on the dark-matter distribution in their inner regions. We describe a project which combines integral-field spectroscopy from an ESO Large Programme using VIMOS on the VLT with deep HST ACS and NICMOS images to study a sample of 17 early-type lens galaxies at redshifts between 0.1 and 0.3, drawn from the Sloan Lens ACS survey (SLACS).
@article{arxiv.0811.2391,
title = {Integral-field spectroscopy of SLACS lenses},
author = {Oliver Czoske and Matteo Barnabe and Leon Koopmans},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.2391},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Contribution to the International Astronomy Meeting "Probing Stellar Populations out to the Distant Universe", held in Cefalu, Italy, 7 - 19 September 2008