Detecting low-mass haloes with strong gravitational lensing I: the effect of data quality and lensing configuration

This paper aims to quantify how the lowest halo mass that can be detected with galaxy-galaxy strong gravitational lensing depends on the quality of the observations and the characteristics of the observed lens systems. Using simulated data, we measure the lowest detectable NFW mass at each location...

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Hauptverfasser: Despali, Giulia (VerfasserIn) , Vegetti, Simona (VerfasserIn) , White, Simon D M (VerfasserIn) , Powell, Devon M (VerfasserIn) , Stacey, Hannah R (VerfasserIn) , Fassnacht, Christopher D (VerfasserIn) , Rizzo, Francesca (VerfasserIn) , Enzi, Wolfgang (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2022, Jahrgang: 510, Heft: 2, Pages: 2480-2494
ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stab3537
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3537
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Verfasserangaben:Giulia Despali, Simona Vegetti, Simon D.M. White, Devon M. Powell, Hannah R. Stacey, Christopher D. Fassnacht, Francesca Rizzo and Wolfgang Enzi

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