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Strong Lensing Analysis of A1689 from Deep ACS Images

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2005

Keren Sharon
Affiliation:
School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel email: kerens@wise.tau.ac.il
Tom J. Broadhurst
Affiliation:
School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel email: kerens@wise.tau.ac.il
Narciso Benitez
Affiliation:
Physics and Astronomy Dept, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland, USA Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC), C/Camino Bajo de Huétor, 24, Granada, 18008, Spain
Dan Coe
Affiliation:
Physics and Astronomy Dept, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland, USA
Holand Ford
Affiliation:
Physics and Astronomy Dept, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland, USA
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Abstract

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ACS observations of massive lensing clusters permit an order of magnitude increase in the numbers of multiply-lensed background galaxies identified behind a given cluster. We have developed a code to take the pixels belonging to any given image and generate counter-images with full resolution, so that multiple systems are convincingly and exhaustively identified. Over 130 images of 35 multiply lensed galaxies are found behind A1689, including many radial arcs and also tiny counter-images projected on the center of mass. The derived mass profile is found to flatten steadily towards the center, like and NFW profile, with a mean slope $d{\log{\Sigma}}/d{\log{r}}\approx-0.55\pm0.1$, over the range $r<250$ kpc/h, which is somewhat steeper than predicted for such a massive halo. We also clearly see the expected geometric increase of bend angles with redshift, however, given the low redshift of A1689, $z=0.18$, the dependence on cosmological parameters is weak, but using higher redshift clusters from our GTO program we may derive a more competitive constraint.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

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© 2004 International Astronomical Union