We have started a systematic search of strong lens candidates in the ESO public survey KiDS based on the visual inspection of massive galaxies in the redshift range 0.1<z<0.5. As a pilot program we have inspected 100 sq. deg., which overlap with SDSS and where there are known lenses to use as a control sample. Taking advantage of the superb image quality of VST/OmegaCAM, the colour information and accurate model subtracted images, we have found 18 new lens candidates, for which spectroscopic confirmation will be needed to confirm their lensing nature and study the mass profile of the lensing galaxies.
@article{arxiv.1507.00733,
title = {Strong lens search in the ESO public Survey KiDS},
author = {N. R. Napolitano and G. Covone and N. Roy and C. Tortora and F. La Barbera and M. Radovich and F. Getman and M. Capaccioli and A. Colonna and M. Paolillo and G. A. Verdoes Kleijn and L. V. E. Koopmans and KiDS collaboration},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.00733},
year = {2016}
}
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4 pages, 1 figure, to appear on the refereed Proceeding of the "The Universe of Digital Sky Surveys" conference held at the INAF--OAC, Naples, on 25th-28th november 2014, to be published on Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, edited by Longo, Napolitano, Marconi, Paolillo, Iodice