Analyzing line-of-sight selection biases in galaxy-scale strong lensing with external convergence and shear

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F25%3A00144513" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/25:00144513 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/10/043" target="_blank" >https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/10/043</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/10/043" target="_blank" >10.1088/1475-7516/2025/10/043</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Analyzing line-of-sight selection biases in galaxy-scale strong lensing with external convergence and shear

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will dramatically increase the number of strong gravitational lensing systems, requiring precise modeling of line-of-sight (LOS) effects to mitigate biases in lensing observations and cosmological inferences. We develop a method to construct joint distributions of external convergence (κ ext) and shear (γ ext) for strong lensing LOS by aggregating large-scale structure simulations with high-resolution halo renderings and non-linear correction. Our approach captures both smooth background matter and perturbations from halos, enabling accurate modeling of LOS effects. We apply non-linear LOS corrections to κ ext and γ ext that address the non-additive lensing effects caused by objects along the LOS in strong lensing. We find that, with a minimum image separation of 1.0'', non-linear LOS correction due to the presence of a dominant deflector slightly increases the ratio of quadruple to double lenses; this non-linear LOS correction also introduces systematic biases of ∼ 0.1% for galaxy-AGN lens in the inferred Hubble constant (H 0) if not accounted for. We also observe a 0.66% bias for galaxy-galaxy lenses on H 0, and even larger biases 1.02% for galaxy-AGN systems if LOS effects are not accounted for. These results highlight the importance of LOS for precision cosmology. The publicly available code and datasets provide tools for incorporating LOS effects in future analyses.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Analyzing line-of-sight selection biases in galaxy-scale strong lensing with external convergence and shear

Popis výsledku anglicky

The upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will dramatically increase the number of strong gravitational lensing systems, requiring precise modeling of line-of-sight (LOS) effects to mitigate biases in lensing observations and cosmological inferences. We develop a method to construct joint distributions of external convergence (κ ext) and shear (γ ext) for strong lensing LOS by aggregating large-scale structure simulations with high-resolution halo renderings and non-linear correction. Our approach captures both smooth background matter and perturbations from halos, enabling accurate modeling of LOS effects. We apply non-linear LOS corrections to κ ext and γ ext that address the non-additive lensing effects caused by objects along the LOS in strong lensing. We find that, with a minimum image separation of 1.0'', non-linear LOS correction due to the presence of a dominant deflector slightly increases the ratio of quadruple to double lenses; this non-linear LOS correction also introduces systematic biases of ∼ 0.1% for galaxy-AGN lens in the inferred Hubble constant (H 0) if not accounted for. We also observe a 0.66% bias for galaxy-galaxy lenses on H 0, and even larger biases 1.02% for galaxy-AGN systems if LOS effects are not accounted for. These results highlight the importance of LOS for precision cosmology. The publicly available code and datasets provide tools for incorporating LOS effects in future analyses.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GM24-10599M" target="_blank" >GM24-10599M: Hvězdy v galaktických jádrech: vzájemný vztah s masivními černými dírami</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

ISSN

1475-7516

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

2025

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

10

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

27

Strana od-do

1-27

Kód UT WoS článku

001591486200003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105019069202