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The COSMOS-Web ring: Spectroscopic confirmation of the background source at z = 5.1

We report the spectroscopic confirmation of the background source of the most distant Einstein ring known to date, the COSMOS-Web ring. This system consists of a complete Einstein ring at $z=5.1$, lensed by a massive early-type galaxy at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-23 Marko Shuntov , Shuowen Jin , Wilfried Mercier , S. Jeyhan Kartaltepe , Rebecca Larson , Ali Ahmad Khostovan , Raphaël Gavazzi , W. James Nightingale , Olivier Ilbert , Rafael Arango-Toro , Maximilien Franco , B. Hollis Akins , M. Caitlin Casey , Henry Joy McCracken , Laure Ciesla , E. Georgios Magdis , Aristeidis Amvrosiadis , Andrea Enia , L. Andreas Faisst , M. Anton Koekemoer , Clotilde Laigle , Damien Le Borgne , Richard Massey , Thibaud Moutard , Mattia Vaccari

The STRong lensing Insights into the Dark Energy Survey (STRIDES) 2017/2018 follow-up campaign: Discovery of 10 lensed quasars and 10 quasar pairs

We report the results of the STRong lensing Insights from the Dark Energy Survey (STRIDES) follow-up campaign of the late 2017/early 2018 season. We obtained spectra of 65 lensed quasar candidates either with EFOSC2 on the NTT or ESI on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 C. Lemon , M. W. Auger , R. McMahon , T. Anguita , Y. Apostolovski , G. C. -F. Chen , C. D. Fassnacht , A. Melo , V. Motta , A. Shajib , T. Treu , A. Agnello , E. Buckley-Geer , P. L. Schechter , S. Birrer , T. Collett , F. Courbin , C. E. Rusu , T. M. C. Abbott , S. Allam , J. Annis , S. Avila , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , M. Costanzi , L. N. da Costa , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , T. F. Eifler , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , A. Kim , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , M. Lima , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , M. March , J. L. Marshall , F. Menanteau , R. Miquel , A. Palmese , F. Paz Chinchón , A. A. Plazas , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , E. Suchyta , G. Tarle , A. R. Walker

Galaxy Number Counts and Implications for Strong Lensing

We compare galaxy number counts in HST/ACS fields containing moderate-redshift (0.2<z<1.0) strong gravitational lenses with those in two control samples: (1) the first square degree of the COSMOS survey, comprising 259 ACS fields and (2) 20…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-07 C. D. Fassnacht , L. V. E. Koopmans , K. C. Wong

Neural network prediction of model parameters for strong lensing samples from Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey

Strong lensing of background galaxies provides important information about the matter distribution around lens galaxies. Traditional modelling of such strong lenses is both time and resource intensive. Fast and automated analysis methods…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-09 Priyanka Gawade , Anupreeta More , Surhud More , Akisato Kimura , Alessandro Sonnenfeld , Masamune Oguri , Naoki Yoshida

Imprints of gravitational lensing in the Planck CMB data at the location of WISExSCOS galaxies

We detect weak gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at the location of the WISExSCOS (WxS) galaxies using the publicly available Planck lensing convergence map. By stacking the lensing convergence map at the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 Srinivasan Raghunathan , Federico Bianchini , Christian L. Reichardt

Predictions for Strong Lens Detections with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Strong gravitational lensing is an ideal tool for mapping the distribution of dark matter and for testing the values of cosmological parameters. Forthcoming surveys such as Euclid and the Rubin Observatory LSST should increase the number of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-30 Charles Weiner , Stephen Serjeant , Chris Sedgwick

Gravitational Lensing of the SDSS High-Redshift Quasars

We predict the effects of gravitational lensing on the color-selected flux-limited samples of z~4.3 and z>5.8 quasars, recently published by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Our main findings are: (i) The lensing probability should be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Stuart Wyithe , Abraham Loeb

First JWST observations of a gravitational lens: Mass model from new multiple images with near-infrared observations of SMACS J0723.3-7327

We present our lens mass model of SMACS J0723, the first strong gravitational lens observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We use data from the Hubble Space Telescope and Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) to build our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-14 G. B. Caminha , S. H. Suyu , A. Mercurio , G. Brammer , P. Bergamini , E. Vanzella , A. Acebron

A New Survey for Giant Arcs

We report on the first results of an imaging survey to detect strong gravitational lensing targeting the richest clusters selected from the photometric data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) with follow-up deep imaging observations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Joseph F. Hennawi , Michael D. Gladders , Masamune Oguri , Neal Dalal , Benjamin Koester , Priyamvada Natarajan , Michael A. Strauss , Naohisa Inada , Issha Kayo , Huan Lin , Hubert Lampeitl , James Annis , Neta A. Bahcall , Donald P. Schneider

A search for disk-galaxy lenses in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

We present the first automated spectroscopic search for disk-galaxy lenses, using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey database. We follow up eight gravitational lens candidates, selected among a sample of ~40000 candidate massive disk galaxies,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Chloé Féron , Jens Hjorth , John P. McKean , Johan Samsing

CARS: The CFHTLS-Archive-Research Survey III. First detection of cosmic magnification in samples of normal high-z galaxies

Weak gravitational lensing (WL) has been established as one of the most promising probes of cosmology. So far, most studies have exploited the shear effect of WL leading to coherent distortions of galaxy shapes. But WL also introduces…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 H. Hildebrandt , L. van Waerbeke , T. Erben

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). The Strong Lensing Discovery Engine C: Finding lenses with machine learning

Strong gravitational lensing has the potential to provide a powerful probe of astrophysics and cosmology, but fewer than 1000 strong lenses have been confirmed so far. With a 0.16'' resolution covering a third of the sky, the Euclid…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-27 Euclid Collaboration , N. E. P. Lines , T. E. Collett , M. Walmsley , K. Rojas , T. Li , L. Leuzzi , A. Manjón-García , S. H. Vincken , J. Wilde , P. Holloway , A. Verma , R. B. Metcalf , I. T. Andika , A. Melo , M. Melchior , H. Domínguez Sánchez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , J. A. Acevedo Barroso , B. Clément , C. Krawczyk , R. Pearce-Casey , S. Serjeant , F. Courbin , G. Despali , R. Gavazzi , S. Schuldt , H. Degaudenzi , L. R. Ecker , W. J. R. Enzi , K. Finner , A. Galan , C. Giocoli , N. B. Hogg , K. Jahnke , S. Kruk , G. Mahler , A. More , B. C. Nagam , J. Pearson , A. Sainz de Murieta , C. Scarlata , D. Sluse , A. Sonnenfeld , C. Spiniello , T. T. Thai , C. Tortora , L. Ulivi , L. Weisenbach , M. Zumalacarregui , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , H. Aussel , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , P. Battaglia , R. Bender , F. Bernardeau , A. Biviano , A. Bonchi , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , A. Costille , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , G. De Lucia , A. M. Di Giorgio , C. Dolding , H. Dole , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Escoffier , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. George , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , P. Gómez-Alvarez , J. Gracia-Carpio , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. Gwyn , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , I. M. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , M. Jhabvala , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , B. Kubik , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , Q. Le Boulc'h , A. M. C. Le Brun , D. Le Mignant , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , J. A. Schewtschenko , M. Schirmer , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , A. Spurio Mancini , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , E. Zucca , V. Allevato , M. Ballardini , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , A. Cappi , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , L. Gabarra , J. Martín-Fleitas , S. Matthew , N. Mauri , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , C. Benoist , K. Benson , P. Bergamini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , Y. Charles , F. Cogato , A. R. Cooray , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , A. Enia , Y. Fang , A. G. Ferrari , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , A. Franco , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , T. Gasparetto , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , G. Gozaliasl , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , C. C. Kirkpatrick , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , T. I. Liaudat , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , G. Maggio , M. Magliocchetti , E. A. Magnier , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , A. Pisani , D. Potter , S. Quai , M. Radovich , P. -F. Rocci , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , A. Schneider , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , L. C. Smith , K. Tanidis , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , G. Vernardos , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , N. A. Walton , D. Scott

The Sloan Lens ACS Survey. XIII. Discovery of 40 New Galaxy-Scale Strong Lenses

We present the full sample of 118 galaxy-scale strong-lens candidates in the Sloan Lens ACS (SLACS) Survey for the Masses (S4TM) Survey, which are spectroscopically selected from the final data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-15 Yiping Shu , Joel R. Brownstein , Adam S. Bolton , Léon V. E. Koopmans , Tommaso Treu , Antonio D. Montero-Dorta , Matthew W. Auger , Oliver Czoske , Raphaël Gavazzi , Philip J. Marshall , Leonidas A. Moustakas

Deep Learning in Wide-field Surveys: Fast Analysis of Strong Lenses in Ground-based Cosmic Experiments

Searches and analyses of strong gravitational lenses are challenging due to the rarity and image complexity of these astronomical objects. Next-generation surveys (both ground- and space-based) will provide more opportunities to derive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-18 Clecio Bom , Jason Poh , Brian Nord , Manuel Blanco-Valentin , Luciana Dias

Finding high-redshift strong lenses in DES using convolutional neural networks

We search Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 3 imaging data for galaxy-galaxy strong gravitational lenses using convolutional neural networks. We generate 250,000 simulated lenses at redshifts > 0.8 from which we create a data set for training…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-30 C. Jacobs , T. Collett , K. Glazebrook , C. McCarthy , A. K. Qin , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , J. Annis , S. Avila , K. Bechtol , E. Bertin , D. Brooks , E. Buckley-Geer , D. L. Burke , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , T. F. Eifler , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , J. García- Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , D. A. Goldstein , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. J. James , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , T. S. Li , M. Lima , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , P. Martini , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , B. Nord , A. A. Plazas , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

Identifying Type II Strongly Lensed Gravitational-Wave Images in Third-Generation Gravitational-Wave Detectors

Strong gravitational lensing is a gravitational wave (GW) propagation effect that influences the inferred GW source parameters and the cosmological environment. Identifying strongly-lensed GW images is challenging as waveform amplitude…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-02 Yijun Wang , Rico K. L. Lo , Alvin K. Y. Li , Yanbei Chen

Strong lens search in the ESO public Survey KiDS

We have started a systematic search of strong lens candidates in the ESO public survey KiDS based on the visual inspection of massive galaxies in the redshift range $0.1<z<0.5$. As a pilot program we have inspected 100 sq. deg., which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-29 N. R. Napolitano , G. Covone , N. Roy , C. Tortora , F. La Barbera , M. Radovich , F. Getman , M. Capaccioli , A. Colonna , M. Paolillo , G. A. Verdoes Kleijn , L. V. E. Koopmans , KiDS collaboration

The BOSS Emission-Line Lens Survey (BELLS). I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of Lens Galaxies at redshift ~ 0.5

We present a catalog of 25 definite and 11 probable strong galaxy-galaxy gravitational lens systems with redshifts 0.4 \lesssim z \lesssim 0.7, discovered spectroscopically by the presence of higher redshift emission-lines within the Baryon…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-19 Joel R. Brownstein , Adam S. Bolton , David J. Schlegel , Daniel J. Eisenstein , Christopher S. Kochanek , Natalia Connolly , Claudia Maraston , Parul Pandey , Stella Seitz , David A. Wake , W. Michael Wood-Vasey , Jon Brinkmann , Donald P. Schneider , Benjamin A. Weaver

Quantifying the Biases of Spectroscopically Selected Gravitational Lenses

Spectroscopic selection has been the most productive technique for the selection of galaxy-scale strong gravitational lens systems with known redshifts. Statistically significant samples of strong lenses provide a powerful method for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-18 Ryan A. Arneson , Joel R. Brownstein , Adam S. Bolton

Cosmography with strong lensing of LISA gravitational wave sources

LISA might detect gravitational waves from mergers of massive black hole binaries strongly lensed by intervening galaxies (Sereno et al. 2010). The detection of multiple gravitational lensing events would provide a new tool for cosmography.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Sereno , Ph. Jetzer , A. Sesana , M. Volonteri