Gravitational lensing

M Bartelmann - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Gravitational lensing has developed into one of the most powerful tools for the analysis of
the dark universe. This review summarizes the theory of gravitational lensing, its main …

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 …

A Comprehensive Study of Galaxies at z∼ 9–16 Found in the Early JWST Data: Ultraviolet Luminosity Functions and Cosmic Star Formation History at the Pre …

Y Harikane, M Ouchi, M Oguri, Y Ono… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We conduct a comprehensive study on dropout galaxy candidates at z∼ 9–16 using the first
90 arcmin 2 James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near Infrared Camera images taken by …

A highly magnified star at redshift 6.2

B Welch, D Coe, JM Diego, A Zitrin, E Zackrisson… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Galaxy clusters magnify background objects through strong gravitational lensing. Typical
magnifications for lensed galaxies are factors of a few but can also be as high as tens or …

Unscrambling the lensed galaxies in JWST images behind SMACS 0723

M Pascale, BL Frye, J Diego, LJ Furtak… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The first deep field images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the galaxy
cluster SMACS J0723. 3-7327 reveal a wealth of new lensed images at uncharted infrared …

The galaxy UV luminosity function at z ≃ 11 from a suite of public JWST ERS, ERO, and Cycle-1 programs

DJ McLeod, CT Donnan, RJ McLure… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We present a new determination of the evolving galaxy ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function
(LF) over the redshift range 9.5< z< 12.5 based on a wide-area (> 250 arcmin2) data set of …

High-redshift Galaxy Candidates at z= 9–10 as Revealed by JWST Observations of WHL0137-08

LD Bradley, D Coe, G Brammer, LJ Furtak… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of four galaxy candidates observed 450–600 Myr after the Big Bang
with photometric redshifts between z∼ 8.3 and 10.2 measured using James Webb Space …

[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 …

JWST Imaging of Earendel, the Extremely Magnified Star at Redshift z= 6.2

B Welch, D Coe, E Zackrisson… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The gravitationally lensed star WHL 0137–LS, nicknamed Earendel, was identified with a
photometric redshift z phot= 6.2±0.1 based on images taken with the Hubble Space …

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 …