IllustrisTNG in the HSC-SSP: image data release and the major role of mini mergers as drivers of asymmetry and star formation

C Bottrell, HM Yesuf, G Pop**… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
At fixed galaxy stellar mass, there is a clear observational connection between structural
asymmetry and offset from the star-forming main sequence, ΔSFMS. Herein, we use the …

TDCOSMO-VII. Boxyness/discyness in lensing galaxies: Detectability and impact on H0

L Van de Vyvere, MR Gomer, D Sluse, D Xu… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
In the context of gravitational lensing, the density profile of lensing galaxies is often
considered to be perfectly elliptical. Potential angular structures are generally ignored …

Science with the 2.5-meter wide field survey telescope (wfst)

T Wang, G Liu, Z Cai, J Geng, M Fang, H He… - Science China Physics …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST) is a dedicated photometric surveying
facility being built jointly by University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and the …

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Map** Project: The Black Hole Mass–Stellar Mass Relations at 0.2≲ z≲ 0.8

I Jennifer, H Li, Y Shen, LC Ho, WN Brandt… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We measure the correlation between black hole mass M BH and host stellar mass M* for a
sample of 38 broad-line quasars at 0.2≲ z≲ 0.8 (median redshift z med= 0.5). The black hole …

SLITRONOMY: Towards a fully wavelet-based strong lensing inversion technique

A Galan, A Peel, R Joseph, F Courbin… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Strong gravitational lensing provides a wealth of astrophysical information on the baryonic
and dark matter content of galaxies. It also serves as a valuable cosmological probe by …

A Highly Magnified Gravitationally Lensed Red QSO at z= 2.5 with a Significant Flux Ratio Anomaly

E Glikman, CE Rusu, GCF Chen… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery of a gravitationally lensed dust-reddened QSO at z= 2.517,
identified in a survey for QSOs by infrared selection. Hubble Space Telescope imaging …

Opening the era of quasar-host studies at high redshift with JWST

X Ding, JD Silverman, M Onoue - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We measure the host galaxy properties of five quasars with z∼ 1.6–3.5 selected from the
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and AEGIS, which fall within the JWST/Hubble Space …

TDCOSMO-VIII. A key test of systematics in the hierarchical method of time-delay cosmography

MR Gomer, D Sluse, L Van de Vyvere, S Birrer… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
The largest source of systematic errors in the time-delay cosmography method likely arises
from the lens model mass distribution, where an inaccurate choice of model could in …

J1721+ 8842: a gravitationally lensed binary quasar with a proximate damped Lyman-α absorber

C Lemon, M Millon, D Sluse, F Courbin… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
High-redshift binary quasars provide key insights into mergers and quasar activity, and are
useful tools for probing the spatial kinematics and chemistry of galaxies along the line of …

Constraining quasar structure using high-frequency microlensing variations and continuum reverberation

E Paic, G Vernardos, D Sluse, M Millon… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Gravitational microlensing is a powerful tool for probing the inner structure of strongly lensed
quasars and for constraining parameters of the stellar mass function of lens galaxies. This is …