The Dark Energy Survey: more than dark energy–an overview

Dark Energy Survey Collaboration:… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
This overview paper describes the legacy prospect and discovery potential of the Dark
Energy Survey (DES) beyond cosmological studies, illustrating it with examples from the …

Cluster–galaxy weak lensing

K Umetsu - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2020‏ - Springer
Weak gravitational lensing of background galaxies provides a direct probe of the projected
matter distribution in and around galaxy clusters. Here, we present a self-contained …

An excess of small-scale gravitational lenses observed in galaxy clusters

M Meneghetti, G Davoli, P Bergamini, P Rosati… - Science, 2020‏ - science.org
Cold dark matter (CDM) constitutes most of the matter in the Universe. The interplay
between dark and luminous matter in dense cosmic environments, such as galaxy clusters …

[HTML][HTML] An atlas of MUSE observations towards twelve massive lensing clusters

J Richard, A Claeyssens, D Lagattuta, L Guaita… - Astronomy & …, 2021‏ - aanda.org
Context. Spectroscopic surveys of massive galaxy clusters reveal the properties of faint
background galaxies thanks to the magnification provided by strong gravitational lensing …

The dark matter of gravitational lensing

R Massey, T Kitching, J Richard - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2010‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We review progress in understanding dark matter by astrophysics, and particularly via the
effect of gravitational lensing. Evidences from many different directions now all imply that five …

Hubble Space Telescope combined strong and weak lensing analysis of the CLASH sample: mass and magnification models and systematic uncertainties

A Zitrin, A Fabris, J Merten, P Melchior… - The Astrophysical …, 2015‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We present results from a comprehensive lensing analysis in Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) data of the complete Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble cluster …

A Bayesian approach to strong lensing modelling of galaxy clusters

E Jullo, JP Kneib, M Limousin, A Eliasdottir… - New Journal of …, 2007‏ - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we describe a procedure for modelling strong lensing galaxy clusters with
parametric methods, and to rank models quantitatively using the Bayesian evidence. We use …

The Frontier Fields lens modelling comparison project

M Meneghetti, P Natarajan, D Coe… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Gravitational lensing by clusters of galaxies offers a powerful probe of their structure and
mass distribution. Several research groups have developed techniques independently to …

UV continuum slope and dust obscuration from z∼ 6 to z∼ 2: the star formation rate density at high redshift

RJ Bouwens, GD Illingworth, M Franx… - The Astrophysical …, 2009‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We provide a systematic measurement of the rest-frame UV continuum slope β over a wide
range in redshift (z∼ 2–6) and rest-frame UV luminosity (0.1 L* z= 3 to 2 L* z= 3) to improve …

The DECam local volume exploration survey: Overview and first data release

A Drlica-Wagner, JL Carlin, DL Nidever… - The Astrophysical …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The DECam Local Volume Exploration survey (DELVE) is a 126-night survey
program on the 4 m Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in …