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用沿视线观测提高时延宇宙学的精度

Improving the precision of time-delay cosmography with observations of galaxies along the line of sight

Zach S. Greene, Sherry H. Suyu, Tommaso Treu, Stefan Hilbert, Matthew W. Auger, Thomas E. Collett, Philip J. Marshall, Christopher D. Fassnacht, Roger D. Blandf… 展开作者

Zach S. Greene, Sherry H. Suyu, Tommaso Treu, Stefan Hilbert, Matthew W. Auger, Thomas E. Collett, Philip J. Marshall, Christopher D. Fassnacht, Roger D. Blandford, Marua Bradac, Léon V. E. Koopmans

摘要:

为了利用强引力透镜时间延迟来精确测量宇宙学参数,必须考虑沿视线方向的质量效应。我们提出了一种方法来实现这一点,通过约束的有效视线收敛k_ext的概率分布函数。该方法基于将观测到的加权星系数的过密度与模拟目录中发现的过密度进行匹配,其中k_ext是通过结构形成模拟进行射线追踪获得的。我们探索加权计划的基础上投影的距离,质量,光度和红移。对于像系统B1608+656那样的非常过密的视线,该附加信息将k_ext的不确定性从sigma_k $0.06降低到~0.04。对于更常见的视线,sigma_k降低到~<0.03,对应于距离的~<3%的不确定性。这种不确定性对宇宙学参数的影响与偏转器的质量模型及其直接环境所产生的影响相当。基于g,r,i和K光度的光度红移足以约束k_ext几乎与光谱红移一样好。作为例子,我们将我们的方法应用到系统B1608+656。我们最可靠的k_ext估计器给出sigma_k=0.047,而仅使用星系计数时为0.065。虽然更深的多波段观测的领域B1608+656是必要的,以获得更精确的估计,我们得出结论,griK光度法,除了光谱表征的直接环境,是一种有效的方法来提高精度的时间延迟宇宙学。

英文摘要:

In order to use strong gravitational lens time delays to measure precise and accurate cosmological parameters the effects of mass along the line of sight must be taken into account. We present a method to achieve this by constraining the probability distribution function of the effective line of sight convergence k_ext. The method is based on matching the observed overdensity in the weighted number of galaxies to that found in mock catalogs with k_ext obtained by ray-tracing through structure formation simulations. We explore weighting schemes based on projected distance, mass, luminosity, and redshift. This additional information reduces the uncertainty of k_ext from sigma_k $0.06 to ~0.04 for very overdense lines of sight like that of the system B1608+656. For more common lines of sight, sigma_k is reduced to ~<0.03, corresponding to an uncertainty of ~<3% on distance. This uncertainty has comparable effects on cosmological parameters to that arising from the mass model of the deflector and its immediate environment. Photometric redshifts based on g, r, i and K photometries are sufficient to constrain k_ext almost as well as with spectroscopic redshifts. As an illustration, we apply our method to the system B1608+656. Our most reliable k_ext estimator gives sigma_k=0.047 down from 0.065 using only galaxy counts. Although deeper multi-band observations of the field of B1608+656 are necessary to obtain a more precise estimate, we conclude that griK photometry, in addition to spectroscopy to characterize the immediate environment, is an effective way to increase the precision of time-delay cosmography.

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