Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 2004
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HST Proposal ID #10158
Physics
Hst Proposal Id #10158 Cosmology
Scientific paper
We request time to obtain ACS deep images of the B1608+656 gravitational lens system to fully characterize its enclosing Einstein ring with high signal-to-noise ratio {SNR}. These data will allow us to determine the gravitational potential of the lens, locally, to several percent accuracy and, combined with the three independent time delays, measure H_0 to much better than 10% precision. For this goal, we have developed powerful new lens modeling codes that make use of the full brightness distribution of the Einstein ring in lens systems. The B1608+656 system is ideal for our new code. It has precisely measured time delays, a well-determined stellar velocity dispersion, and an Einstein ring that is not dominated by the lensed nuclear emission of the background source. When combined with high-SNR images of Einstein rings, the new modeling codes provide qualitatively different and much improved analysis of the ring emission than was previously possible. The proposed ACS observations will reach the SNR at which the new modeling code can be fully exploited {SNR=5 per pixel}. Our simulations show that these new data will allow us to reduce the total uncertainties in H_0 derived from the system by at least a factor of two, to the 5-7% level for this system.
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