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author Huang, X.
Baltasar, S.
Ratier-Werbin, N.
Storfer, C.
Sheu, W.
Agarwal, S.
Tamargo-Arizmendi, M.
Schlegel, D. J.
Aguilar, J.
Ahlen, S.
Aldering, G.
Banka, S.
BenZvi, S.
Bianchi, D.
Bolton, A.
Brooks, D.
Cikota, A.
Claybaugh, T.
de la Macorra, A.
Dey, A.
Doel, P.
Edelstein, J.
Filipp, A.
Forero-Romero, J. E.
Gaztanaga, E.
Gontcho, S. Gontcho A
Gu, A.
Gutierrez, G.
Honscheid, K.
Jullo, E.
Juneau, S.
Kehoe, R.
Kirkby, D.
Kisner, T.
Kremin, A.
Kwon, K. J.
Lambert, A.
Landriau, M.
Lang, D.
Guillou, L. Le
Liu, J.
Meisner, A.
Miquel, R.
Moustakas, J.
Myers, A. D.
Perlmutter, S.
Perez-Rafols, I.
Prada, F.
Rossi, G.
Rubin, D.
Sanchez, E.
Schubnell, M.
Shu, Y.
Silver, E.
Sprayberry, D.
Suzuki, N.
Tarle, G.
Weaver, B. A.
Zou, H.
author_facet Huang, X.
Baltasar, S.
Ratier-Werbin, N.
Storfer, C.
Sheu, W.
Agarwal, S.
Tamargo-Arizmendi, M.
Schlegel, D. J.
Aguilar, J.
Ahlen, S.
Aldering, G.
Banka, S.
BenZvi, S.
Bianchi, D.
Bolton, A.
Brooks, D.
Cikota, A.
Claybaugh, T.
de la Macorra, A.
Dey, A.
Doel, P.
Edelstein, J.
Filipp, A.
Forero-Romero, J. E.
Gaztanaga, E.
Gontcho, S. Gontcho A
Gu, A.
Gutierrez, G.
Honscheid, K.
Jullo, E.
Juneau, S.
Kehoe, R.
Kirkby, D.
Kisner, T.
Kremin, A.
Kwon, K. J.
Lambert, A.
Landriau, M.
Lang, D.
Guillou, L. Le
Liu, J.
Meisner, A.
Miquel, R.
Moustakas, J.
Myers, A. D.
Perlmutter, S.
Perez-Rafols, I.
Prada, F.
Rossi, G.
Rubin, D.
Sanchez, E.
Schubnell, M.
Shu, Y.
Silver, E.
Sprayberry, D.
Suzuki, N.
Tarle, G.
Weaver, B. A.
Zou, H.
contents We present the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Strong Lens Foundry. We discovered $\sim 3500$ new strong gravitational lens candidates in the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys using residual neural networks (ResNet). We observed a subset (51) of our candidates using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). All of them were confirmed to be strong lenses. We also briefly describe spectroscopic follow-up observations by DESI and Keck NIRES programs. From this very rich dataset, a number of studies will be carried out, including evaluating the quality of the ResNet search candidates and lens modeling. In this paper, we present our initial effort in these directions. In particular, as a demonstration, we present the lens model for DESI-165.4754-06.0423, with imaging data from HST, and lens and source redshifts from DESI and Keck NIRES, respectively. In this effort, we have applied a \emph{fully} forward-modeling Bayesian approach (GIGA-Lens), using \emph{multiple} GPUs, for the first time in both regards, to a strong lens with HST data, or any high resolution imaging.
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spellingShingle DESI Strong Lens Foundry I: HST Observations and Modeling with GIGA-Lens
Huang, X.
Baltasar, S.
Ratier-Werbin, N.
Storfer, C.
Sheu, W.
Agarwal, S.
Tamargo-Arizmendi, M.
Schlegel, D. J.
Aguilar, J.
Ahlen, S.
Aldering, G.
Banka, S.
BenZvi, S.
Bianchi, D.
Bolton, A.
Brooks, D.
Cikota, A.
Claybaugh, T.
de la Macorra, A.
Dey, A.
Doel, P.
Edelstein, J.
Filipp, A.
Forero-Romero, J. E.
Gaztanaga, E.
Gontcho, S. Gontcho A
Gu, A.
Gutierrez, G.
Honscheid, K.
Jullo, E.
Juneau, S.
Kehoe, R.
Kirkby, D.
Kisner, T.
Kremin, A.
Kwon, K. J.
Lambert, A.
Landriau, M.
Lang, D.
Guillou, L. Le
Liu, J.
Meisner, A.
Miquel, R.
Moustakas, J.
Myers, A. D.
Perlmutter, S.
Perez-Rafols, I.
Prada, F.
Rossi, G.
Rubin, D.
Sanchez, E.
Schubnell, M.
Shu, Y.
Silver, E.
Sprayberry, D.
Suzuki, N.
Tarle, G.
Weaver, B. A.
Zou, H.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We present the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Strong Lens Foundry. We discovered $\sim 3500$ new strong gravitational lens candidates in the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys using residual neural networks (ResNet). We observed a subset (51) of our candidates using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). All of them were confirmed to be strong lenses. We also briefly describe spectroscopic follow-up observations by DESI and Keck NIRES programs. From this very rich dataset, a number of studies will be carried out, including evaluating the quality of the ResNet search candidates and lens modeling. In this paper, we present our initial effort in these directions. In particular, as a demonstration, we present the lens model for DESI-165.4754-06.0423, with imaging data from HST, and lens and source redshifts from DESI and Keck NIRES, respectively. In this effort, we have applied a \emph{fully} forward-modeling Bayesian approach (GIGA-Lens), using \emph{multiple} GPUs, for the first time in both regards, to a strong lens with HST data, or any high resolution imaging.
title DESI Strong Lens Foundry I: HST Observations and Modeling with GIGA-Lens
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03455