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A Technical Memorandum On Core Radii In Lens Statistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Christopher S. Kochanek
Christopher S. Kochanek*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Abstract

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Quantitative estimates of lensing probabilities must be self-consistent. In particular, for asymptotically isothermal models: (1) using the (3/2)1/2 correction for the velocity dispersion overestimates the expected number of lenses by 150% and their average separations by 50%, thereby introducing large cosmological errors; (2) when a core radius is added to the SIS model, the velocity dispersion must be increased; and (3) cross sections and magnification bias cannot be separated when computing the lensing probability. When we self-consistently calculate the effects of finite core radii in flat cosmological models, we find that the cosmological limits are independent of the core radius.

Type
Chapter 1: Classical Cosmology
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 173: Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lensing , 1996 , pp. 7 - 12
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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