A Targeted Search for Variable Gravitationally Lensed Quasars

arXiv:2408.02670 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2024-08-05 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO

Submitted: 2024-08-05

Updated: 2024-08-05

Code: https://github.com/EigenHermit/lensed

Terminology

• Gravitational Lensing — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy — 1× in this paper
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Forward modeling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• WG021416.37-210535.3, a quadruply lensed quasar in three public surveys
• The DESI Experiment Part I: Science,Targeting, and Survey Design
• Nine lensed quasars and quasar pairs discovered through spatially-extended variability in Pan-STARRS
• Discovering strongly lensed quasar candidates with catalogue-based methods from DESI Legacy Surveys
• Montage: a grid portal and software toolkit for science-grade astronomical image mosaicking
• New Strong Gravitational Lenses from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys Data Release 9

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