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Time-delay strong lensing (TDSL) is a powerful probe of the current expansion rate of the Universe. However, in light of the discrepancies between early and late-time cosmological studies, efforts revolve around the characterisation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 A. Yıldırım , S. H. Suyu , G. C. -F. Chen , E. Komatsu

We investigate the accuracy in the recovery of the stellar dynamics of barred galaxies when using axisymmetric dynamical models. We do this by trying to recover the mass-to-light ratio (M/L) and the anisotropy of realistic galaxy…

Strong-lensing time delays enable measurement of the Hubble constant ($H_{0}$) independently of other traditional methods. The main limitation to the precision of time-delay cosmography is mass-sheet degeneracy (MSD). Some of the previous…

We present cosmological constraints from 8 strongly lensed quasars (hereafter, the TDCOSMO-2025 sample). Building on previous work, our analysis incorporated new deflector stellar velocity dispersions measured from spectra obtained with the…

One of the biggest challenges in cosmology, the Hubble Tension, requires independent measurements of $H_0$, and strong lensing with time-delay cosmography is a promising avenue. The inclusion of spatially resolved kinematic data helps break…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-10 Vishal Verma , Quinn Minor

Time-delay distance measurements from strongly lensed quasars provide a robust, independent method for determining the Hubble constant ($H_0$). This approach cross-checks $H_0$ estimates from the distance ladder in the late universe and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-18 Han Wang , Sherry H. Suyu , Aymeric Galan , Aleksi Halkola , Michele Cappellari , Anowar J. Shajib , Miha Cernetic

The advent of integral field data has revolutionised the study of galaxy evolution. A key component of this is dynamical modelling methods which have allowed for crucial insights to be made from kinematic data. Despite this importance, most…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-20 David A. Simon , Michele Cappellari , Shude Mao , Jiani Chu , Dandan Xu

Gravitational lensing offers a competitive method to measure $H_0$ with the goal of 1% precision. A major obstacle comes in the form of lensing degeneracies, such as the mass sheet degeneracy (MSD), which make it possible for a family of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-01 Matthew R. Gomer , Liliya L. R. Williams

We present extended modeling of the strong lens system RXJ1131-1231 with archival data in two HST bands in combination with existing line-of-sight contribution and velocity dispersion estimates. Our focus is on source size and its influence…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-11 Simon Birrer , Adam Amara , Alexandre Refregier

Time-delay cosmography of lensed quasars has achieved 2.4% precision on the measurement of the Hubble constant, $H_0$. As part of an ongoing effort to uncover and control systematic uncertainties, we investigate three potential sources: 1-…

The Hubble constant ($H_0$), a crucial parameter in cosmology, quantifies the expansion rate of the universe so its precise measurement is important to understand the fundamental dynamics of our evolving universe. One of the major…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-29 Narayan Khadka , Simon Birrer , Alexie Leauthaud , Holden Nix

We model the dynamical mass density profiles of 14 strong gravitational lens galaxies from the Sloan Lens ACS (SLACS) sample using spatially resolved kinematics obtained from Keck KCWI integral-field spectroscopy. We use the Jeans…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-15 Shawn Knabel , Tommaso Treu , Michele Cappellari , Simon Birrer , Xiang-Yu Huang , Anowar J. Shajib , William Sheu

Kinematic weak lensing describes the distortion of a galaxy's projected velocity field due to lensing shear, an effect recently reported for the first time by Gurri et al. based on a sample of 18 galaxies at $z \sim 0.1$. In this paper, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Brian DiGiorgio , Kevin Bundy , Kyle B. Westfall , Alexie Leauthaud , David Stark

Time delay lensing is a mature and competitive cosmological probe. However, it is limited in accuracy by the well-known problem of the mass-sheet degeneracy: too rigid assumptions on the density profile of the lens can potentially bias the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 Alessandro Sonnenfeld

We present a joint strong lensing and stellar dynamical framework for future time-delay cosmography purposes. Based on a pixelated source reconstruction and the axisymmetric Jeans equations, we are capable of constraining cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 Akın Yıldırım , Sherry H. Suyu , Aleksi Halkola

The time delay between multiple images of strongly lensed quasars has been used to infer the Hubble constant. The primary systematic uncertainty for time-delay cosmography is the mass-sheet transform (MST), which preserves the lensing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-20 Tian Li , Thomas E. Collett , Philip J. Marshall , Sydney Erickson , Wolfgang Enzi , Lindsay Oldham , Daniel Ballard

We reanalyzed spectra that were taken as part of the SL2S lens galaxy survey with the goal to obtain the stellar velocity dispersion with a precision and accuracy sufficient for time-delay cosmography. In order to achieve this goal, we…

Strong lensing time delays can measure the Hubble constant H$_0$ independent of any other probe. Assuming commonly used forms for the radial mass density profile of the lenses, a 2\% precision has been achieved with 7 Time-Delay Cosmography…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Simon Birrer , Tommaso Treu

Strongly gravitational lensed quasars can be used to measure the so-called time-delay distance $D_{\Delta t}$, and thus the Hubble constant $H_0$ and other cosmological parameters. Stellar kinematics of the deflector galaxy play an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-17 Anowar J. Shajib , Tommaso Treu , Adriano Agnello

Strong gravitational lensing is a powerful tool to provide constraints on galaxy mass distributions and cosmological parameters, such as the Hubble constant, $H_0$. Nevertheless, inference of such parameters from images of lensing systems…

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