A Spectroscopic Survey of the Fields of 28 Strong Gravitational Lenses: Lens Environments and Line-of-Sight Structures
Publication Title
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
Document Type
Article
Abstract/Description
Galaxy-scale strong gravitational lensing has long been used to measure cosmological parameters such as the Hubble constant as well as the dark matter properties of galaxy halos. Additional mass around the lens galaxy or projected in the line-of-sight affects the light bending and needs to be incorporated into lensing analyses. We present new results from a spectroscopic survey to characterize the environmental and line-of-sight mass for 28 galaxy-scale lens fields. We show how the external convergence, number of lensed images, and lensed image separation are altered by groups at the lens and along the sightline.
Department
Physics and Astronomy
Volume
227
Date
1-1-2016
Citation Information
Wilson, Michelle; Zabludoff, Ann I.; Wong, Kenneth C.; and Keeton, Charles R., "A Spectroscopic Survey of the Fields of 28 Strong Gravitational Lenses: Lens Environments and Line-of-Sight Structures" (2016). Faculty Publications. 111.
https://digitalcommons.tamuc.edu/cose-faculty-publications/111
