The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2024)
AGEL: Is the Conflict Real? Investigating Galaxy Evolution Models Using Strong Lensing at 0.3 < z < 0.9
- Nandini Sahu,
- Kim-Vy Tran,
- Sherry H. Suyu,
- Anowar J. Shajib,
- Sebastian Ertl,
- Glenn G. Kacprzak,
- Karl Glazebrook,
- Tucker Jones,
- Keerthi Vasan G. C.,
- Tania M. Barone,
- A. Makai Baker,
- Hannah Skobe,
- Caro Derkenne,
- Geraint F. Lewis,
- Sarah M. Sweet,
- Sebastian Lopez
Affiliations
- Nandini Sahu
- ORCiD
- University of New South Wales , Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia ; [email protected]; The ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) , Australia
- Kim-Vy Tran
- ORCiD
- The ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) , Australia; Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian , Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; University of New South Wales , Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sherry H. Suyu
- ORCiD
- Technical University of Munich , TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany; Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik , Karl-Schwarzschild Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany; Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) , 11F of ASMAB, No.1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Anowar J. Shajib
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago , Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Sebastian Ertl
- Technical University of Munich , TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany; Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik , Karl-Schwarzschild Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Glenn G. Kacprzak
- ORCiD
- The ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) , Australia; Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology , Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
- Karl Glazebrook
- ORCiD
- The ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) , Australia; Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology , Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
- Tucker Jones
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis , 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Keerthi Vasan G. C.
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis , 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Tania M. Barone
- ORCiD
- The ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) , Australia; University of New South Wales , Sydney, NSW, Australia; Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology , Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
- A. Makai Baker
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University , Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
- Hannah Skobe
- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Caro Derkenne
- The ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) , Australia; Astrophysics and Space Technologies Research Centre, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University , NSW 2109, Australia
- Geraint F. Lewis
- ORCiD
- Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney , NSW 2006, Australia
- Sarah M. Sweet
- ORCiD
- The ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) , Australia; School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland , Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- Sebastian Lopez
- ORCiD
- Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile , Camino el Observatorio 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad4ce3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 970,
no. 1
p. 86
Abstract
Observed evolution of the total mass distribution with redshift is crucial to testing galaxy evolution theories. To measure the total mass distribution, strong gravitational lenses complement the resolved dynamical observations that are currently limited to z ≲ 0.5. Here we present the lens models for a pilot sample of seven galaxy-scale lenses from the ASTRO3D Galaxy Evolution with Lenses ( AGEL ) survey. The AGEL lenses, modeled using HST/WFC3-F140W images with Gravitational Lens Efficient Explorer ( GLEE ) software, have deflector redshifts in the range 0.3 0.5, the AGEL survey will provide stronger constraints on whether the mass profiles evolve with redshift as predicted by current theoretical models.
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