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We combine photometry and lens modeling to study the properties of 17 gravitational lens galaxies between z=0.1 and 1. Most of the lens galaxies are passively evolving early-type galaxies, with a few spirals. The colors, scale lengths, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-01 C. R. Keeton , C. S. Kochanek , E. E. Falco

Galaxy-galaxy-galaxy lensing (G3L) is a powerful tool for constraining the three-point correlation between the galaxy and matter distribution and thereby models of galaxy evolution. We propose three improvements to current measurements of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 Laila Linke , Patrick Simon , Peter Schneider , Stefan Hilbert

Clusters of galaxies as gravitational lenses allow to study the stellar content and properties of high-z galaxies much fainter than the usual spectroscopic field surveys. We review the recent results obtained on the identification and study…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Roser Pello

We present a method of including galaxy formation in dissipationless N-body simulations. Galaxies that form during the evolution are identified at several epochs and replaced by single massive soft particles. This allows one to produce…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eelco van Kampen

Measurements of galaxy clustering in upcoming surveys such as those planned for the Euclid and Roman satellites, and the SKA Observatory, will be sensitive to distortions from lensing magnification and Doppler effects, beyond the standard…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-01 Roy Maartens , José Fonseca , Stefano Camera , Sheean Jolicoeur , Jan-Albert Viljoen , Chris Clarkson

We introduce a framework for simultaneously investigating the structure and luminosity evolution of early-type gravitational lens galaxies. The method is based on the fundamental plane, which we interpret using the aperture mass-radius…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Rusin , C. S. Kochanek

The matter environment of galaxies is connected to the physics of galaxy formation and evolution. Utilising galaxy-galaxy-galaxy lensing as a direct probe, we map out the distribution of correlated surface mass-density around galaxy pairs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-06 P. Simon , H. Saghiha , S. Hilbert , P. Schneider , C. Boever , A. H. Wright

In this paper, we study gravitational lensing by groups of galaxies. Since groups are abundant and therefore have a large covering fraction on the sky, lensing by groups is likely to be very important observationally. Besides, it has…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ole Moller , Priyamvada Natarajan , Jean-Paul Kneib , Andrew Blain

We examine the usefulness of the strong lensing statistics to constrain the evolution of the number density of lensing galaxies by adopting the values of the cosmological parameters determined by recent WMAP observation. For this purpose,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-10 Akiko Matsumoto , Toshifumi Futamase

We present a maximum-likelihood analysis of galaxy-galaxy lensing effects in galaxy clusters and in the field. The aim is to determine the accuracy and robustness of constraints that can be obtained on galaxy halo properties in both…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Marceau Limousin , Jean Paul Kneib , Priyamvada Natarajan

After a brief introduction to gravitational lensing theory, a rough overview of the types of gravitational lensing statistics that have been performed so far will be given. I shall then concentrate on recent results of galaxy-galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 Norbert Straumann

We use high-resolution dissipationless simulations of the concordance flat LCDM model to make predictions for the galaxy--mass (GM) correlations and compare them to the recent SDSS weak lensing measurements.We use a simple observationally…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Argyro Tasitsiomi , Andrey V. Kravtsov , Risa H. Wechsler , Joel R. Primack

We measured the bias and correlation factor of galaxies with respect to the dark matter using the aperture statistics including the aperture mass from weak gravitational lensing. The analysis was performed for three galaxy samples selected…

Gravitational lensing magnification modifies the observed spatial distribution of galaxies and can severely bias cosmological probes of large-scale structure if not accurately modelled. Standard approaches to modelling this magnification…

Strong gravitational lensing at the galaxy scale is a valuable tool for various applications in astrophysics and cosmology. The primary uses of galaxy-scale lensing are to study elliptical galaxies' mass structure and evolution, constrain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-08 A. J. Shajib , G. Vernardos , T. E. Collett , V. Motta , D. Sluse , L. L. R. Williams , P. Saha , S. Birrer , C. Spiniello , T. Treu

In Montero-Dorta et al. 2017, we show that luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) at $z\sim0.55$ can be divided into two groups based on their star formation histories. So-called…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-10 A. Niemiec , E. Jullo , A. D. Montero-Dorta , F. Prada , S. Rodriguez-Torres , E. Perez , A. Klypin , T. Erben , M. Makler , B. Moraes , M. E. S. Pereira , H. Shan

McKay et al. (2002) have recently used measurements of weak galaxy-galaxy lensing in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to estimate the cross correlation between galaxies and the projected dark matter density field. They derive a relation between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 XiaoHu Yang , H. J. Mo , Guinevere Kauffmann , YaoQuan Chu

We use semi-analytic models of galaxy formation combined with high resolution N-body simulations to make predictions for galaxy-dark matter correlations and apply them to galaxy-galaxy lensing. We analyze cross-correlation spectra between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jacek Guzik , Uros Seljak