Strong Gravitational Lensing: Bright Galaxies & Lost Dark-Matter
Abstract
Gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics provide two complementary methods to probe the smooth and clumpy stellar and dark-matter mass distribution in early-type galaxies, currently already over a range of two orders of magnitude in virial mass, more than ten orders of magnidude in dynamic mass range in each galaxy (i.e. from stars, CDM substructure to massive dark-matter halos), over 0-1 in redshift, and a range of 0-100 effective radii. This makes their unification a powerful new tool in the study of the formation, structure and evolution of these massive systems. I review recent results that we obtained, based on gravitational lens systems from the Sloan Lens ACS Survey (SLACS), and outline some ongoing and future work.
- Publication:
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Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons
- Pub Date:
- May 2008
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2008IAUS..244..196K
- Keywords:
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- gravitational lensing – Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics;
- gravitational lensing;
- Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics