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星系密度剖面和形状-- II。强透镜调查中的选择偏差

Galaxy density profiles and shapes -- II. selection biases in strong lensing surveys

Rachel Mandelbaum, Glenn van de Ven, Charles R. Keeton

摘要:

许多当前和未来的天文调查将依赖于强引力透镜系统的样本来得出有关星系质量分布的结论。我们使用一个新的强透镜管道(在本系列的论文I中提出)来探索可能导致强透镜系统的人口与一般星系人口不同的选择偏差。我们的重点是点源透镜的早期类型的星系与两个质量组件(恒星和暗物质),有各种各样的密度分布和形状的星系属性的观测和理论研究的动机。我们不仅要量化,而且要理解选择偏差背后的物理学:星系质量,方向和形状;暗物质轮廓参数,如内部斜率和浓度;和绝热收缩。我们研究了所有这些属性如何影响透镜的爱因斯坦半径,总截面,四倍比,和图像分离分布。我们发现显着的(几个因素)选择偏差与质量;方向,对于一个给定的星系形状在固定的质量;尖状暗物质配置文件内的斜率和浓度;浓度的恒星和暗物质deprojected Sersic模型。有趣的是,当我们对视角进行平均时,星系的固有形状并不会强烈影响它的透镜截面。我们的研究结果是理解强透镜系统与一般星系人口关系的重要的第一步。

英文摘要:

[Abridged] Many current and future astronomical surveys will rely on samples of strong gravitational lens systems to draw conclusions about galaxy mass distributions. We use a new strong lensing pipeline (presented in Paper I of this series) to explore selection biases that may cause the population of strong lensing systems to differ from the general galaxy population. Our focus is on point-source lensing by early-type galaxies with two mass components (stellar and dark matter) that have a variety of density profiles and shapes motivated by observational and theoretical studies of galaxy properties. We seek not only to quantify but also to understand the physics behind selection biases related to: galaxy mass, orientation and shape; dark matter profile parameters such as inner slope and concentration; and adiabatic contraction. We study how all of these properties affect the lensing Einstein radius, total cross-section, quad/double ratio, and image separation distribution. We find significant (factors of several) selection biases with mass; orientation, for a given galaxy shape at fixed mass; cusped dark matter profile inner slope and concentration; concentration of the stellar and dark matter deprojected Sersic models. Interestingly, the intrinsic shape of a galaxy does not strongly influence its lensing cross-section when we average over viewing angles. Our results are an important first step towards understanding how strong lens systems relate to the general galaxy population.

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