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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 model-independent, photometry-only framework for identifying strongly lensed supernovae when multiple images are unresolved and blended into a single point source. Building on the simulation-based methodology of Bag et al.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-01 Sangwoo Park , Arman Shafieloo , Alex G. Kim , Eric V. Linder , Xiaosheng Huang

Gravitationally lensed Type Ia supernovae may be the next frontier in cosmic probes, able to deliver independent constraints on dark energy, spatial curvature, and the Hubble constant. Measurements of time delays between the multiple images…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-06 Satadru Bag , Alex G. Kim , Eric V. Linder , Arman Shafieloo

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

Objects of known brightness, like Type Ia supernovae (SNIa), can be used to measure distances. If a massive object warps spacetime to form multiple images of a background SNIa, a direct test of cosmic expansion is also possible. However,…

Large-scale astronomical surveys have the potential to capture data on large numbers of strongly gravitationally lensed supernovae (LSNe). To facilitate timely analysis and spectroscopic follow-up before the supernova fades, an LSN needs to…

The weak gravitational lensing of high redshift type Ia supernovae has the potential of probing the structure of matter on galaxy halo scales. This is complementary to the weak lensing of galaxies which probes structure of larger scales.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Benton Metcalf

The peculiar motions of galaxies are powerful cosmological probes that trace the growth of structures and the distribution of matter in the universe, providing a means to investigate the nature of dark energy and test gravity on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-09 Ujjwal Upadhyay , Tarun Deep Saini , Shiv K. Sethi

The Hubble constant ($H_0$) is one of the fundamental parameters in cosmology, but there is a heated debate around the $>$4$\sigma$ tension between the local Cepheid distance ladder and the early Universe measurements. Strongly lensed Type…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 S. Huber , S. H. Suyu , D. Ghoshdastidar , S. Taubenberger , V. Bonvin , J. H. H. Chan , M. Kromer , U. M. Noebauer , S. A. Sim , L. Leal-Taixé

The observation of strongly lensed Type Ia supernovae enables both the luminosity and angular diameter distance to a source to be measured simultaneously using a single observation. This feature can be used to measure the distance duality…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-03 Fabrizio Renzi , Natalie B. Hogg , Matteo Martinelli , Savvas Nesseris

We report the results from spectroscopic observations of the multiple images of the strongly lensed Type Ia supernova (SN Ia), iPTF16geu, obtained with ground based telescopes and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). From a single epoch of…

Gravitational lensing is the relativistic effect generated by massive bodies, which bend the space-time surrounding them. It is a deeply investigated topic in astrophysics and allows validating theoretical relativistic results and studying…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-26 Nicolò Oreste Pinciroli Vago , Piero Fraternali

We present BayeSN-TD, an enhanced implementation of the probabilistic type Ia supernova (SN Ia) BayeSN SED model, designed for fitting multiply-imaged, gravitationally lensed type Ia supernovae (glSNe Ia). BayeSN-TD fits for magnifications…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-13 M. Grayling , S. Thorp , K. S. Mandel , M. Pascale , J. D. R. Pierel , E. E. Hayes , C. Larison , A. Agrawal , G. Narayan

Gravitational lensing is a powerful tool for constraining substructure in the mass distribution of galaxies, be it from the presence of dark matter sub-halos or due to physical mechanisms affecting the baryons throughout galaxy evolution.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-28 Georgios Vernardos , Grigorios Tsagkatakis , Yannis Pantazis

The dispersion in the peak luminosities of high redshift type Ia supernovae will change with redshift due to gravitational lensing. This lensing is investigated with an emphasis on the prospects of measuring it and separating it from other…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 R Benton Metcalf

The upcoming Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will detect many strongly lensed Type Ia supernovae (LSNe Ia) for time-delay cosmography. This will provide an independent and direct way for measuring the Hubble constant $H_0$, which is…

We determine the viability of exploiting lensing time delays to observe strongly gravitationally lensed supernovae (gLSNe) from first light. Assuming a plausible discovery strategy, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and the Zwicky…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-11 Max Foxley-Marrable , Thomas E. Collett , Chris Frohmaier , Daniel A. Goldstein , Daniel Kasen , Elizabeth Swann , David Bacon

Due to the deflection of light by density fluctuations along the line of sight, weak lensing is an unavoidable systematic uncertainty in the use of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as cosmological distance indicators. We derive the expected weak…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yun Wang

Supernovae that are strongly gravitationally lensed (gLSNe) by galaxies are powerful probes of astrophysics and cosmology that will be discovered systematically by next-generation wide-field, high-cadence imaging surveys such as the Zwicky…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-10 Daniel A. Goldstein , Peter E. Nugent , Ariel Goobar

Finding strong gravitational lenses in astronomical images allows us to assess cosmological theories and understand the large-scale structure of the universe. Previous works on lens detection do not quantify uncertainties in lens parameter…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-22 Yash Patel , Jeffrey Regier