Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-01-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, including 2 figures; uses paspconf.sty. Contributed talk given at "Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future
Scientific paper
The combination of deep exposures and high resolution offered by telescopes in space allows the detection of lensing over a wide range of source redshifts and lens masses. As an example, we model a lens candidate found in the southern Hubble Deep Field. The system consists of a source galaxy lensed into an arc, 0.9 arcseconds from an elliptical galaxy with an implied mass-to-light ratio of order 15 in solar units. This lens system may be a preview of the large number of lensed high-redshift galaxies that will be detected with the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST). Popular models of structure formation imply that roughly 3% of observed sources at z>5 should be multiply imaged. Thus, NGST should detect several lensed objects in each field of view. In addition, NGST will be a valuable tool for weak lensing measurements if it can resolve the background galaxies. We estimate the angular size distribution of high redshift sources within hierarchical models of structure formation and find that most will be resolved. (abridged)
Barkana Rennan
Blandford Roger
Hogg David
Loeb Abraham
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