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Strong Lensing Mass Reconstruction: from Frontier Fields to the Typical Lensing Clusters of Future Surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Keren Sharon
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Michael D. Gladders
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Jane R. Rigby
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Science Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771
Matthew B. Bayliss
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Eva Wuyts
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstr. 1, D-85741 Garching, Germany
Håkon Dahle
Affiliation:
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1029, Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway
Traci L. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Michael K. Florian
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Samuel Dunham
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Katherine Murray
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Kate Whitaker
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Science Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771
Nan Li
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Abstract

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Driven by the unprecedented wealth of high quality data that is accumulating for the Frontier Fields, they are becoming some of the best-studied strong lensing clusters to date, and probably the next few years. As will be discussed intensively in this focus meeting, the FF prove transformative for many fields: from studies of the high redshift Universe, to the assembly and structure of the clusters themselves. The FF data and the extensive collaborative effort around this program will also allow us to examine and improve upon current lens modeling techniques. Strong lensing is a powerful tool for mass reconstruction of the cores of galaxy clusters of all scales, providing an estimate of the total (dark and seen) projected mass density distribution out to 0.5 Mpc. Though SL mass may be biased by contribution from structures along the line of sight, its strength is that it is relatively insensitive to assumptions on cluster baryon astrophysics and dynamical state. Like the Frontier Fields clusters, the most “famous” strong lensing clusters are at the high mass end; they lens dozens of background sources into multiple images, providing ample lensing constraints. In this talk, I will focus on how we can leverage what we learn from modeling the FF clusters in strong lensing studies of the hundreds of clusters that will be discovered in upcoming surveys. In typical clusters, unlike the Frontier Fields, the Bullet Cluster and A1689, we observe only one to a handful of background sources, and have limited lensing constraints. I will describe the limitations that such a configuration imposes on strong lens modeling, highlight measurements that are robust to the richness of lensing evidence, and address the sources of uncertainty and what sort of information can help reduce those uncertainties. This category of lensing clusters is most relevant to the wide cluster surveys of the future.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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