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Tommaso Treu

GravLens, C.R. Keeton - 0 views

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    This code provides an extensive range of simplyparameterized mass models, and a high-resolution lens-equation solver for precise pointlike image position, flux, and time-delay prediction. Likelihood maximization can be performed. (A)
Tommaso Treu

Semilinear Gravitational Lens Inversion, S. J. Warren and S. Dye, Astrophys. J. 590, 67... - 0 views

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    While not the first attempt at reconstructing extended lensed sources, this paper provides a good introduction to the topic: much of the galaxy-scale lens modeling work of the last decade builds on this paper. (A)
Tommaso Treu

LENSVIEW: software for modeling resolved gravitational lens images, R. Wayth and R. Web... - 0 views

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    This code finds the best-fitting simple-lens model, while reconstructing an extended source on a pixelated grid, given image data. (A)
Tommaso Treu

LensTool, J.-P. Kneib and E. Jullo - 0 views

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    The lens and source models are similar to GravLens, but exploration of the parameter space proceeds differently, to cope with the more complex cluster systems. The options are manual iteration (for which a graphical interface is provided), and Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling. Weak lensing data can also be included in a joint fit. (A)
Tommaso Treu

A Bayesian approach to strong lensing modelling of galaxy clusters, E. Jullo, J.-P. Kne... - 0 views

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    LensTool has been used extensively throughout the literature; this paper provides a good introduction and an overview of its more recently added capabilities. (A)
Tommaso Treu

GLAMROC: Gravitational Lens Adaptive Mesh Raytracing of Catastrophes, E. A. Baltz - 0 views

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    This adaptive mesh ray-tracing code was written to allow exploration of lensing effects near critical points in the source plane, where very high magnifications can be achieved. (A)
Tommaso Treu

Gravitational Microlensing in the Local Group, B.Paczynski, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys... - 0 views

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    A comprehensive review of microlensing, covering the history of the field, its theoretical foundations, a critical review of observational results at the time of its writing and a discussion of future prospects. (A)
Tommaso Treu

Gravitational microlensing by the galactic halo, B. Paczynski, Astrophys. J. 304, 1-5 (... - 0 views

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    The foundational paper of galactic microlensing. The basic features of galactic microlensing and its potential as a probe of massive compact objects as dark matter are discussed. This influential paper spurred a number of gravitational lensing experiments. (A)
Tommaso Treu

Discovery of a cool planet of 5.5 Earth masses through gravitational microlensing, J.-P... - 0 views

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    The fascinating discovery of an Earth-like planet using gravitational microlensing. (A)
Tommaso Treu

Studying planet populations with Einstein's blip, M. Domink, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 36... - 0 views

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    A recent review specialized in microlensing as a tool to study planets. (A)
Tommaso Treu

X-Ray and Optical Flux Ratio Anomalies in Quadruply Lensed Quasars. II. Mapping the Dar... - 0 views

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    Used microlensing to learn about the granularity of the mass distribution in galaxies and therefore infer an absolute measurement of the dark matter and stellar content. This is a beautiful example of single-epoch microlensing applications. (A)
Phil Marshall

Strong and Weak Lensing United. III. Measuring the Mass Distribution of the Merging Gal... - 0 views

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    This paper describes further mass measurements of a particular merging cluster system, the "Bullet Cluster," showing how gravitational lensing can be used to measure the mass of a structure that is not in dynamical equilibrium, and without assuming that "mass follows light." Strong lensing information is combined in a joint analysis, improving the accuracy of the mass peak positions.
Phil Marshall

A comparison of weak-lensing masses and X-ray properties of galaxy clusters, H. Hoekstr... - 0 views

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    This paper compares mass measurements from weak lensing and X-ray observations for a large sample of clusters, also providing a good discussion of the differences among various methods of measuring the cluster mass just with weak-lensing data.
Phil Marshall

The Mass-Lx Relation for Moderate Luminosity X-ray Clusters, H. Hoekstra, M. Donahue, C... - 0 views

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    This paper compares mass measurements from weak lensing and X-ray observations for a large sample of clusters.
Douglas Clowe

Catastrophic photometric redshift errors: weak-lensing survey requirements: G. Bernstei... - 0 views

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    This paper discusses the impact on cosmological-parameter measurement from cosmic-shear surveys owing to catastrophic errors in photometric redshifts measurements. (A)
Douglas Clowe

Detection of Cosmic Magnification with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: R. Scranton, et al... - 0 views

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    This paper studies the change in number density of quasars with distance from bright galaxies and models the results as a gravitational lensing signal from the bright galaxies. It includes a discussion of the potential systematic errors in the measurements and why previous attempts at making this measurement were limited by the systematic errors. (A)
Douglas Clowe

CARS: The CFHTLS-Archive-Research Survey. III. First detection of cosmic magnification ... - 0 views

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    This paper studies how the distribution of faint, background galaxies is affected by the presence of bright, foreground galaxies, and models this as a product of weak lensing magnification. (A)
Douglas Clowe

Shear and magnification: cosmic complementarity: L. van Waerbeke, Mon. Not. R. Astron. ... - 0 views

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    This paper described the methodology behind using weak lensing magnification of high-redshift galaxies as a probe of comological parameters. (A)
Douglas Clowe

Weak Gravitational Lensing by Galaxies: T. G. Brainerd, R. D. Blandford, and I. Smail, ... - 0 views

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    This paper introduced the concept of galaxy-galaxy lensing, and provides scaling relations for predicting the number of background galaxies that will be needed to measure the mean mass profile around a given type of galaxy to a given accuracy. (A)
Douglas Clowe

Properties of galaxy dark matter halos from weak lensing: H. Hoekstra, H. K. C. Yee, an... - 0 views

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    A study of galaxy-galaxy lensing using a 45 square degree imaging survey, including the first significant attempt to measure the shape of the dark-matter halo by rotating (as well as translating) the background galaxy positions and shears to a common reference frame. (A)
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