Nord, B;
Buckley-Geer, E;
Lin, H;
Diehl, HT;
Helsby, J;
Kuropatkin, N;
Amara, A;
... Zhang, Y; + view all
(2016)
Observation and Confirmation of Six Strong-lensing Systems in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification Data.
The Astrophysical Journal
, 827
(1)
, Article 51. 10.3847/0004-637X/827/1/51.
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Abstract
We report the observation and confirmation of the first group- and cluster-scale strong gravitational lensing systems found in Dark Energy Survey data. Through visual inspection of data from the Science Verification season, we identified 53 candidate systems. We then obtained spectroscopic follow-up of 21 candidates using the Gemini Multi-object Spectrograph at the Gemini South telescope and the Inamori-Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph at the Magellan/Baade telescope. With this follow-up, we confirmed six candidates as gravitational lenses: three of the systems are newly discovered, and the remaining three were previously known. Of the 21 observed candidates, the remaining 15 either were not detected in spectroscopic observations, were observed and did not exhibit continuum emission (or spectral features), or were ruled out as lensing systems. The confirmed sample consists of one group-scale and five galaxy-cluster-scale lenses. The lensed sources range in redshift z ~ 0.80–3.2 and in i-band surface brightness i SB ~ 23–25 mag arcsec−2 (2'' aperture). For each of the six systems, we estimate the Einstein radius θ E and the enclosed mass M enc, which have ranges θ E ~ 5''–9'' and M enc ~ 8 × 1012 to 6 × 1013 M ⊙, respectively.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Observation and Confirmation of Six Strong-lensing Systems in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification Data |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3847/0004-637X/827/1/51 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/827/1/51 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, cosmology: observations, galaxies: clusters: general, galaxies: distances and redshifts, gravitational lensing: strong, methods: observational, techniques: spectroscopic, ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE, ALL-SKY SURVEY, GRAVITATIONALLY LENSED QUASARS, OPTICAL IMAGING SURVEYS, SOUTH-POLE TELESCOPE, GALAXY STRONG LENSES, SPT-SZ SURVEY, MULTIOBJECT SPECTROGRAPH, SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES, AUTOMATIC DETECTION |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1508490 |
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