Strong Lensing by Galaxy Clusters

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Auteurs principaux: Natarajan, Priyamvada, Williams, Liliya L., Bradac, Marusa, Grillo, Claudio, Ghosh, Agniva, Sharon, Keren, Wagner, Jenny
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author Natarajan, Priyamvada
Williams, Liliya L.
Bradac, Marusa
Grillo, Claudio
Ghosh, Agniva
Sharon, Keren
Wagner, Jenny
author_facet Natarajan, Priyamvada
Williams, Liliya L.
Bradac, Marusa
Grillo, Claudio
Ghosh, Agniva
Sharon, Keren
Wagner, Jenny
contents Galaxy clusters as gravitational lenses play a unique role in astrophysics and cosmology: they permit mapping the dark matter distribution on a range of scales; they reveal the properties of high and intermediate redshift background galaxies that would otherwise be unreachable with telescopes; they constrain the particle nature of dark matter and are a powerful probe of global cosmological parameters, like the Hubble constant. In this review we summarize the current status of cluster lensing observations and the insights they provide, and offer a glimpse into the capabilities that ongoing, and the upcoming next generation of telescopes and surveys will deliver. While many open questions remain, cluster lensing promises to remain at the forefront of discoveries in astrophysics and cosmology.
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spellingShingle Strong Lensing by Galaxy Clusters
Natarajan, Priyamvada
Williams, Liliya L.
Bradac, Marusa
Grillo, Claudio
Ghosh, Agniva
Sharon, Keren
Wagner, Jenny
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Galaxy clusters as gravitational lenses play a unique role in astrophysics and cosmology: they permit mapping the dark matter distribution on a range of scales; they reveal the properties of high and intermediate redshift background galaxies that would otherwise be unreachable with telescopes; they constrain the particle nature of dark matter and are a powerful probe of global cosmological parameters, like the Hubble constant. In this review we summarize the current status of cluster lensing observations and the insights they provide, and offer a glimpse into the capabilities that ongoing, and the upcoming next generation of telescopes and surveys will deliver. While many open questions remain, cluster lensing promises to remain at the forefront of discoveries in astrophysics and cosmology.
title Strong Lensing by Galaxy Clusters
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06245