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Strong gravitational lenses with measured time delays between the multiple images and models of the lens mass distribution allow a one-step determination of the time-delay distance, and thus a measure of cosmological parameters. We present…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. H. Suyu , M. W. Auger , S. Hilbert , P. J. Marshall , M. Tewes , T. Treu , C. D. Fassnacht , L. V. E. Koopmans , D. Sluse , R. D. Blandford , F. Courbin , G. Meylan

Measurements of time delays between multiple quasar images produced by strong lensing are reaching a sensitivity that makes them a promising cosmological probe. Future surveys will provide significantly more measurements, reaching…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 Banafshe Shiralilou , Matteo Martinelli , Georgios Papadomanolakis , Simone Peirone , Fabrizio Renzi , Alessandra Silvestri

Using a new sub-sample of observed strong gravitational lens systems, for the first time, we present the equation for the angular diameter distance in the $y$-redshift scenario for cosmography and use it to test the cosmographic parameters.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 Andrés Lizardo , Mario H. Amante , Miguel A. García-Aspeitia , Juan Magaña , V. Motta

Inferring cosmological parameters from time-delay strong lenses requires a significant investment of telescope time; it is therefore tempting to focus on the systems with the brightest sources, the highest image multiplicities and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 Thomas E. Collett , Steven D. Cunnington

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$_0$. In the two decades up to 2020, through a number of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 T. Treu , S. H. Suyu , P. J. Marshall

Time-delay cosmography is a powerful technique to constrain cosmological parameters, particularly the Hubble constant ($H_{0}$). The TDCOSMO collaboration is performing an ongoing analysis of lensed quasars to constrain cosmology using this…

Time-delay strong lensing provides a unique way to directly measure the Hubble constant ($H_{0}$). The precision of the $H_{0}$ measurement depends on the uncertainties in the time-delay measurements, the mass distribution of the main…

Strong gravitational lensing provides a geometric probe of cosmology in a unique manner through distance ratios involving the source and lens. This is well known for the time delay distance derived from measured delays between lightcurves…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 Eric V. Linder

Upcoming ground and space based observatories such as the DES, the LSST, the JDEM concepts and the SKA, promise to dramatically increase the size of strong gravitational lens samples. A significant fraction of the systems are expected to be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Benjamin M. Dobke , Lindsay J. King , Christopher D. Fassnacht , Matthew W. Auger

The phenomenon of cosmic shear, or distortion of images of distant sources unaccompanied by magnification, is an effective way of probing the content and state of the foreground Universe, because light rays do not have to pass through mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Richard Lieu

Strong gravitational lensing along with the distance sum rule method can constrain both cosmological parameters as well as density profiles of galaxies without assuming any fiducial cosmological model. To constrain galaxy parameters and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-17 Darshan Kumar , Deepak Jain , Shobhit Mahajan , Amitabha Mukherjee , Nisha Rani

Time delay cosmography uses the arrival time delays between images in strong gravitational lenses to measure cosmological parameters, in particular the Hubble constant $H_0$. The lens models used in time delay cosmography omit dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-21 Daniel Gilman , Simon Birrer , Tommaso Treu

The observable time delays between the multiple images of strong lensing systems with time variable sources can provide us with some valuable information to probe the expansion history of the Universe. Estimation of these time delays can be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Amir Aghamousa , Arman Shafieloo

The determination of the Hubble parameter H_0 is probably one of the most important applications of quasar lensing. The method, based on the measurement of the so-called ``time-delay'' between the lensed images of distant sources, e.g.,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Courbin

Strong gravitational lensing of time variable sources such as quasars and supernovae creates observable time delays between the multiple images. Time delays can provide a powerful cosmographic probe through the "time delay distance"…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-18 Alireza Hojjati , Alex G. Kim , Eric V. Linder

We present a novel approach to measuring the expansion rate and the geometry of the Universe, which combine time-delay cosmography in lens galaxy clusters with pure samples of 'cosmic chronometers' (CCs) by probing the member galaxies. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-11 P. Bergamini , S. Schuldt , A. Acebron , C. Grillo , U. Mestric , G. Granata , G. B. Caminha , M. Meneghetti , A. Mercurio , P. Rosati , S. H. Suyu , E. Vanzella

The distance-redshift relation plays a fundamental role in constraining cosmological models. In this paper, we show that measurements of positions and time delays of strongly lensed images of a background galaxy, as well as those of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 Inh Jee , Eiichiro Komatsu , Sherry H. Suyu

Strongly lensed Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) with an observable time delay can be used to constrain the expansion history of the Universe through time-delay cosmography (TDC). As the sample of time-delay lenses grows to statistical size,…

Strong gravitational lensing of variable sources, such as quasars or supernovae, can be used to constrain cosmological parameters through a technique known as "time-delay cosmography''. Competitive constraints on the Hubble constant have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-10 Simon Birrer , Graham P. Smith , Anowar J. Shajib , Dan Ryczanowski , Nikki Arendse

One challenge in strong gravitational lensing cosmography is the measurement of time delays between multiple lensed images, which are essential for constraining the Hubble constant (\(H_0\)). In this study, we investigate how assumptions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 Guanhua Rui , Bin Hu , Wei Du