The Universal Einstein Radius Distribution from 10,000 SDSS Clusters

Details The Universal Einstein Radius Distribution from 10,000 SDSS Clusters The Universal Einstein Radius Distribution from 10,000 SDSS Clusters

2011-05-11

arxiv.org/abs/1105.2295v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

18 pages, 15 figures, 1 table; V2 accepted to MNRAS, includes a significant revision, in particular a new discussion of the re

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We present results from strong-lens modelling of 10,000 SDSS clusters, to establish the universal distribution of Einstein radii. Detailed lensing analyses have shown that the inner mass distribution of clusters can be accurately modelled by assuming light traces mass, successfully uncovering large numbers of multiple-images. Approximate critical curves and the effective Einstein radius of each cluster can therefore be readily calculated, from the distribution of member galaxies and scaled by their luminosities. We use a subsample of 10 well-studied clusters covered by both SDSS and HST to calibrate and test this method, and show that an accurate determination of the Einstein radius and mass can be achieved by this approach "blindly", in an automated way, and without requiring multiple images as input. We present the results of the first 10,000 clusters analysed in the range $0.1=0.73^{+0.02}_{-0.03}$, $\sigma=0.316^{+0.004}_{-0.002}$, and with higher abundance of large $\theta_{e}$ clusters than predicted by $\Lambda$CDM. We visually inspect each of the clusters with $\theta_{e}>40 \arcsec$ ($z_{s}=2$) and find that $\sim20%$ are boosted by various projection effects detailed here, remaining with $\sim40$ real giant-lens candidates, with a maximum of $\theta_{e}=69\pm12 \arcsec$ ($z_{s}=2$) for the most massive candidate, in agreement with semi-analytic calculations. The results of this work should be verified further when an extended calibration sample is available.

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