5 research outputs found
Hubble constant and dark energy inferred from free-form determined time delay distances
Time delays between multiple images of lensed sources can probe the geometry
of the universe. We propose a novel method based on free-form modelling of
gravitational lenses to estimate time-delay distances and, in turn,
cosmological parameters. This approach does not suffer from the degeneracy
between the steepness of the profile and the cosmological parameters. We apply
the method to 18 systems having time delay measurements and find
H_0=69+-6(stat.)+-4(syst.) km s^{-1}Mpc^{-1}. In combination with WMAP9, the
constraints on dark energy are Omega_w=0.68+-0.05 and w=-0.86+-0.17 in a flat
model with constant equation-of-state.Comment: 6 pages; accepted for publication on MNRA
The Hubble constant inferred from 18 time-delay lenses
We present a simultaneous analysis of 18 galaxy lenses with time delay
measurements. For each lens we derive mass maps using pixelated simultaneous
modeling with shared Hubble constant. We estimate the Hubble constant to be
66_{-4}^{+6} km/s/Mpc (for a flat Universe with \Omega_m=0.3,
\Omega_\Lambda=0.7).
We have also selected a subsample of five relatively isolated early type
galaxies and by simultaneous modeling with an additional constraint on
isothermality of their mass profiles we get H_0=76 +/-3 km/s/Mpc.Comment: 11 page, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in Ap
Gravitational lenses as cosmic rules:omega(m), omega(lambda) from time delays and velocity dispersions
We show that a cosmic standard ruler can be constructed from the joint measurement
of the time delay, , between gravitationally lensed quasar images and the
velocity dispersion, σ, of the lensing galaxy. This is specifically shown, for a singular isothermal sphere lens, , where DOL is the angular diameter distance to the lens. Using MCMC simulations we illustrate the constraints set in the plane from future observations