TDCOSMO. XXIII. Measurement of the Hubble constant from the doubly lensed quasar HE1104-1805

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Hauptverfasser: Paic, Eric, Courbin, Frédéric, Fassnacht, Christopher D., Galan, Aymeric, Millon, Martin, Sluse, Dominique, Williams, Devon M., Birrer, Simon, Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth J., Cappellari, Michele, Dux, Frédéric, Huang, Xiang-Yu, Knabel, Shawn, Lemon, Cameron, Shajib, Anowar J., Suyu, Sherry H., Treu, Tommaso, Wong, Kenneth C., Christensen, Lise, Motta, Veronica, Sonnenfeld, Alessandro
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author Paic, Eric
Courbin, Frédéric
Fassnacht, Christopher D.
Galan, Aymeric
Millon, Martin
Sluse, Dominique
Williams, Devon M.
Birrer, Simon
Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth J.
Cappellari, Michele
Dux, Frédéric
Huang, Xiang-Yu
Knabel, Shawn
Lemon, Cameron
Shajib, Anowar J.
Suyu, Sherry H.
Treu, Tommaso
Wong, Kenneth C.
Christensen, Lise
Motta, Veronica
Sonnenfeld, Alessandro
author_facet Paic, Eric
Courbin, Frédéric
Fassnacht, Christopher D.
Galan, Aymeric
Millon, Martin
Sluse, Dominique
Williams, Devon M.
Birrer, Simon
Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth J.
Cappellari, Michele
Dux, Frédéric
Huang, Xiang-Yu
Knabel, Shawn
Lemon, Cameron
Shajib, Anowar J.
Suyu, Sherry H.
Treu, Tommaso
Wong, Kenneth C.
Christensen, Lise
Motta, Veronica
Sonnenfeld, Alessandro
contents Time-delay cosmography leverages strongly lensed quasars to measure the Universe's current expansion rate, H_0, independently from other methods. While the latest TDCOSMO results relied mainly on quadruply lensed quasars, doubly lensed systems are far more common and offer precise time delays, potentially enlarging the usable sample by a factor of five and enabling percent-level constraints on H_0. We present the first TDCOSMO analysis of a doubly imaged source, HE1104-1805, including the measurement of the four necessary ingredients. First, by combining 17 years of data from the SMARTS, Euler and WFI telescopes, we measure a time delay of 176.3\pm 10.8 days. Second, using MUSE data, we extract stellar velocity dispersion measurements in three radial bins with up to 5% precision. Third, employing F160W HST imaging for lens modelling and marginalising over various modelling choices, we measure the Fermat potential difference between the images. Fourth, using wide-field imaging, we measure the convergence added by objects not included in the lens modelling. Hence, we measure the time delay distance and the angular diameter distance to the deflector, favouring a power-law mass model over a baryonic and dark matter composite model. The measurement was performed blindly and yielded H_0 = 64.2^{+5.8}_{-5.0} x $λ_{int} km s^{-1} Mpc^{-1}, where λ_{int} is the internal mass sheet degeneracy parameter. This is in agreement with the TDCOSMO-2025 milestone and its precision for λ_{int}=1 is comparable to that obtained with the best-observed quadruply lensed quasars (4-6%). This work is a stepping stone towards a precise measurement of H_0 using a large sample of doubly lensed quasars, supplementing the current sample. The next TDCOSMO milestone paper will include this system in its hierarchical analysis, constraining λ_{int} and H_0 jointly with multiple lenses.
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spellingShingle TDCOSMO. XXIII. Measurement of the Hubble constant from the doubly lensed quasar HE1104-1805
Paic, Eric
Courbin, Frédéric
Fassnacht, Christopher D.
Galan, Aymeric
Millon, Martin
Sluse, Dominique
Williams, Devon M.
Birrer, Simon
Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth J.
Cappellari, Michele
Dux, Frédéric
Huang, Xiang-Yu
Knabel, Shawn
Lemon, Cameron
Shajib, Anowar J.
Suyu, Sherry H.
Treu, Tommaso
Wong, Kenneth C.
Christensen, Lise
Motta, Veronica
Sonnenfeld, Alessandro
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Time-delay cosmography leverages strongly lensed quasars to measure the Universe's current expansion rate, H_0, independently from other methods. While the latest TDCOSMO results relied mainly on quadruply lensed quasars, doubly lensed systems are far more common and offer precise time delays, potentially enlarging the usable sample by a factor of five and enabling percent-level constraints on H_0. We present the first TDCOSMO analysis of a doubly imaged source, HE1104-1805, including the measurement of the four necessary ingredients. First, by combining 17 years of data from the SMARTS, Euler and WFI telescopes, we measure a time delay of 176.3\pm 10.8 days. Second, using MUSE data, we extract stellar velocity dispersion measurements in three radial bins with up to 5% precision. Third, employing F160W HST imaging for lens modelling and marginalising over various modelling choices, we measure the Fermat potential difference between the images. Fourth, using wide-field imaging, we measure the convergence added by objects not included in the lens modelling. Hence, we measure the time delay distance and the angular diameter distance to the deflector, favouring a power-law mass model over a baryonic and dark matter composite model. The measurement was performed blindly and yielded H_0 = 64.2^{+5.8}_{-5.0} x $λ_{int} km s^{-1} Mpc^{-1}, where λ_{int} is the internal mass sheet degeneracy parameter. This is in agreement with the TDCOSMO-2025 milestone and its precision for λ_{int}=1 is comparable to that obtained with the best-observed quadruply lensed quasars (4-6%). This work is a stepping stone towards a precise measurement of H_0 using a large sample of doubly lensed quasars, supplementing the current sample. The next TDCOSMO milestone paper will include this system in its hierarchical analysis, constraining λ_{int} and H_0 jointly with multiple lenses.
title TDCOSMO. XXIII. Measurement of the Hubble constant from the doubly lensed quasar HE1104-1805
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.03178