TDCOSMO XXIX: JWST/NIRSpec IFU Spatially Resolved Kinematics of Three Time-delay Lenses

arXiv:2609.03089 · astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-02 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-02

Updated: 2026-09-02

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Terminology

• Aperture — 28× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Velocity Dispersion — 26× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 11× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 8× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Trace — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Degeneracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Hubble Tension — 1× in this paper · explained in 9 episodes
• Micro-Shutter Assembly — 1× in this paper
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• X-shooter Spectral Library — 1× in this paper

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