Strong lensing time-delay cosmography in the 2020s
Abstract
Multiply imaged time-variable sources can be used to measure absolute distances as a function of redshifts and thus determine cosmological parameters, chiefly the Hubble Constant H. In the two decades up to 2020, through a number of observational and conceptual breakthroughs, this so-called time-delay cosmography has reached a precision sufficient to be an important independent voice in the current ``Hubble tension'' debate between early- and late-universe determinations of H. The 2020s promise to deliver major advances in time-delay cosmography, owing to the large number of lenses to be discovered by new and upcoming surveys and the vastly improved capabilities for follow-up and analysis. In this review -- after a brief summary of the foundations of the method and recent advances -- we outline the opportunities for the decade and the challenges that will need to be overcome in order to meet the goal of the determination of H from time-delay cosmography with 1\% precision and accuracy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2210.15794,
title = {Strong lensing time-delay cosmography in the 2020s},
author = {T. Treu and S. H. Suyu and P. J. Marshall},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.15794},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, in press