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Strong Gravitational Lensing and Its Cosmic Constraints

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2013-09-05 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new method to use the strong lensing data sets to constrain a cosmological model. By taking the ratio Dijobs=θEiσ0j2/θEjσ0i2\mathcal{D}^{obs}_{ij}=\theta_{\mathrm{E_{\mathrm{i}}}}\sigma_{\mathrm{0_{\mathrm{j}}}}^2/\theta_{\mathrm{E_{\mathrm{j}}}}\sigma_{\mathrm{0_{\mathrm{i}}}}^2 as cosmic observations, one can {\it completely} eliminate the uncertainty caused by the relation σSIS=fEσ0\sigma_{\mathrm{SIS}}=f_{\mathrm{E}}\sigma_0 which characterizes the relation between the stellar velocity dispersion σ0\sigma_0 and the velocity dispersion σSIS\sigma_{SIS}. Via our method, a relative tight constraint to the cosmological model space can be obtained, for the spatially flat Λ\LambdaCDM model as an example Ωm=0.1430.1430.1430.143+0.000769+0.143+0.489\Omega_m=0.143_{- 0.143-0.143-0.143}^{+ 0.000769+0.143+0.489} in 3σ3\sigma regions. And by using this method, one can also probe the nature of dark energy and the spatial curvature of our Universe.

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@article{arxiv.1309.0887,
  title  = {Strong Gravitational Lensing and Its Cosmic Constraints},
  author = {Nannan Wang and Lixin Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.0887},
  year   = {2013}
}
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