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We present a novel approach to estimate the time delay between light curves of multiple images in a gravitationally lensed system, based on Kernel methods in the context of machine learning. We perform various experiments with artificially…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Juan C. Cuevas-Tello , Peter Tino , Somak Raychaudhury

Supernova H0pe is a multiply-imaged Type Ia supernova (SN~Ia) and the second lensed SN to yield a measurement of the Hubble constant by the time-delay cosmography method, finding $H_0 = 75.4^{+8.1}_{-5.5} \text{km s}^{-1} \text{Mpc}^{-1}$…

Strong gravitationally lensed supernovae (SNe) are a powerful probe for cosmology and stellar physics. The relative time delays between lensed SN images provide an independent way of measuring a fundamental cosmological parameter -- the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-16 Jiang Dong , Yiping Shu , Guoliang Li , Xinzhong Er , Bin Hu , Youhua Xu

We investigate the possibility of measuring the Hubble constant, the fractional energy density components and the equation of state parameter of the ``dark energy'' using lensed multiple images of high-redshift supernovae. With future…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Goobar , E. Mortsell , R. Amanullah , P. Nugent

Strongly lensed supernovae (glSNe) provide a powerful, independent method to measure the Hubble constant, $H_{0}$, through time delays between their multiple images. The accuracy of this measurement depends critically on both the precision…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-05 Yushan Xie , Huanyuan Shan , Yiping Shu , Nan Li , Ji Yao , Ran Li , Xiaoyue Cao , Zizhao He , Yin Li , Eric Jullo , Jean-Paul Kneib , Guoliang Li

The gravitational fields of astrophysical bodies bend the light around them, creating multiple paths along which light from a distant source can arrive at Earth. Measuring the difference in photon arrival time along these different paths…

Gravitationally lensed supernovae (glSNe) are a powerful tool for exploring the realms of astronomy and cosmology. Time-delay measurements and lens modeling of glSNe can provide a robust and independent method for constraining the expansion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-25 Elahe Khalouei , Arman Shafieloo , Alex G. Kim , Ryan E. Keeley , William Sheu , Gregory S. H. Paek , Myungshin Im , Xiaosheng Huang , Hyung Mok Lee

We use numerical simulations to test a broad range of plausible observational strategies designed to measure the time delay between the images of gravitationally lensed quasars. Artificial quasar light curves are created along with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Eigenbrod , F. Courbin , C. Vuissoz , G. Meylan , P. Saha , S. Dye

In 2016, the first strongly lensed Type Ia supernova, iPTF16geu at redshift $z=0.409$ with four resolved images arranged symmetrically around the lens galaxy at $z=0.2163$, was discovered. Here, refined observations of iPTF16geu, including…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-17 E. Mörtsell , J. Johansson , S. Dhawan , A. Goobar , R. Amanullah , D. A. Goldstein

High-precision cosmological probes have revealed a small but significant tension between the parameters measured with different techniques, among which there is one based on time delays in gravitational lenses. We discuss a new way of using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-18 O. Wucknitz , L. G. Spitler , U. -L. Pen

We present a parametric, grid-based lens model for the galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, concentrating on the properties of the first multiply imaged supernova Refsdal. This model complements our updated light-traces-mass (LTM)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-29 Adi Zitrin

Gravitational lensing of high-redshift supernovae is potentially an important source of uncertainty when deriving cosmological parameters from the measured brightness of Type Ia supernovae, especially in deep surveys with scarce statistics.…

Strongly lensed supernovae are a promising new probe to obtain independent measurements of the Hubble constant (${H_0}$). In this work, we employ simulated gravitationally lensed Type Ia supernovae (glSNe Ia) to train our machine learning…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-16 Gonçalo Gonçalves , Nikki Arendse , Doogesh Kodi Ramanah , Radosław Wojtak

We present new measurements of the values of the Hubble constant, matter density, dark energy density, and dark energy density equation-of-state parameters from a full strong lensing analysis of the observed positions of 89 multiple images…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-24 C. Grillo , L. Pagano , P. Rosati , S. H. Suyu

Strong gravitationally lensed supernovae (LSNe), though rare, are exceptionally valuable probes for cosmology and astrophysics. Upcoming time-domain surveys like the Vera Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) offer a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Satadru Bag , Raoul Canameras , Sherry H. Suyu , Stefan Schuldt , Stefan Taubenberger , Irham Taufik Andika , Alejandra Melo

Time delays in strong gravitational lensing systems possess significant complementarity with distance measurements to determine the dark energy equation of state, as well as the matter density and Hubble constant. Time delays are most…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-04 Eric V. Linder

One application of the Cosmological Gravitational Lensing in General Relativity is the measurement of the Hubble constant H_0 using the time delay Delta t between multiple images of lensed quasars. This method has already been applied,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-27 Nicola Alchera , Marco Bonici , Nicola Maggiore

Massive galaxy clusters at intermediate redshifts act as gravitational lenses that can magnify supernovae (SNe) occurring in background galaxies. We assess the possibility to use lensed SNe to put constraints on the mass models of galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Teresa Riehm , Edvard Mörtsell , Ariel Goobar , Rahman Amanullah , Tomas Dahlén , Jakob Jönsson , Marceau Limousin , Kerstin Paech , Johan Richard

The potential of gravitational lenses for providing direct, physical measurements of the Hubble constant, free from systematic errors associated with the traditional distance ladder, has long been recognized. However, it is only recently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Roger D. Blandford , Tomislav Kundic

(abridged) Gravitationally lensed quasars can be used as powerful cosmological and astrophysical probes. We can (i) infer the Hubble constant based on the time-delay technique, (ii) unveil substructures along the l.o.s. toward distant…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-05 D. Sluse , V. Chantry , P. Magain , F. Courbin , G. Meylan