A very large (θE ≳ 40") strong gravitational lens selected with the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect: PLCK G287.0+32.9 (z = 0.38)
Abstract
Since galaxy clusters sit at the high end of the mass function, the number of galaxy clusters both massive and concentrated enough to yield particularly large Einstein radii poses useful constraints on cosmological and structure formation models. To date, less than a handful of clusters are known to have Einstein radii exceeding $$\sim 40^{\prime\prime} $$ (for a source at $${z}_{s}\simeq 2$$, nominally). Here, we report an addition to that list of the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) selected cluster, PLCK G287.0+32.9 (z = 0.38), the second-highest SZ-mass (M 500) cluster from the Planck catalog. We present the first strong-lensing analysis of the cluster, identifying 20 sets of multiply imaged galaxies and candidates in new Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data, including a long, $$l\sim 22^{\prime\prime} $$ giant arc, as well as a quadruply imaged, apparently bright (magnified to $${J}_{{\rm{F}}110{\rm{W}}}=25.3$$ AB), likely high-redshift dropout galaxy at $${z}_{\mathrm{phot}}=6.90$$ [6.13–8.43] (95% C.I.). Our analysis reveals a very large critical area (1.55 arcmin2, $${z}_{s}\simeq 2$$), corresponding to an effective Einstein radius of $${\theta }_{{\rm{E}}}\sim 42^{\prime\prime} $$. Furthermore, the model suggests the critical area will expand to 2.58 arcmin2 ($${\theta }_{{\rm{E}}}\sim 54^{\prime\prime} $$) for sources at $${z}_{s}\sim 10$$. Our work adds to recent efforts to model very massive clusters toward the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, in order to identify the most useful cosmic lenses for studying the early universe. Spectroscopic redshifts for the multiply imaged galaxies and additional HST data will be necessary for refining the lens model and verifying the nature of the $$z\sim 7$$ dropout.
- Authors:
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- Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva (Israel)
- Univ. Observatory Munich, Munich (Germany); Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching (Germany)
- Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (United States)
- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Trieste (Italy)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
- Univ. Observatory Munich, Munich (Germany); INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Trieste (Italy)
- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Trieste (Italy); Univ. degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste (Italy)
- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli (Italy)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1360219
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online); Journal Volume: 839; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8213
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; galaxies: clusters: general; galaxies: clusters: individual (PLCK G287.0+32.9); gravitational lensing; strong
Citation Formats
Zitrin, Adi, Seitz, Stella, Monna, Anna, Koekemoer, Anton M., Nonino, Mario, Gruen, Daniel, Balestra, Italo, Girardi, Marisa, Koppenhoefer, Johannes, and Mercurio, Amata. A very large (θE ≳ 40") strong gravitational lens selected with the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect: PLCK G287.0+32.9 (z = 0.38). United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aa69be.
Zitrin, Adi, Seitz, Stella, Monna, Anna, Koekemoer, Anton M., Nonino, Mario, Gruen, Daniel, Balestra, Italo, Girardi, Marisa, Koppenhoefer, Johannes, & Mercurio, Amata. A very large (θE ≳ 40") strong gravitational lens selected with the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect: PLCK G287.0+32.9 (z = 0.38). United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa69be
Zitrin, Adi, Seitz, Stella, Monna, Anna, Koekemoer, Anton M., Nonino, Mario, Gruen, Daniel, Balestra, Italo, Girardi, Marisa, Koppenhoefer, Johannes, and Mercurio, Amata. Mon .
"A very large (θE ≳ 40") strong gravitational lens selected with the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect: PLCK G287.0+32.9 (z = 0.38)". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa69be. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1360219.
@article{osti_1360219,
title = {A very large (θE ≳ 40") strong gravitational lens selected with the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect: PLCK G287.0+32.9 (z = 0.38)},
author = {Zitrin, Adi and Seitz, Stella and Monna, Anna and Koekemoer, Anton M. and Nonino, Mario and Gruen, Daniel and Balestra, Italo and Girardi, Marisa and Koppenhoefer, Johannes and Mercurio, Amata},
abstractNote = {Since galaxy clusters sit at the high end of the mass function, the number of galaxy clusters both massive and concentrated enough to yield particularly large Einstein radii poses useful constraints on cosmological and structure formation models. To date, less than a handful of clusters are known to have Einstein radii exceeding $\sim 40^{\prime\prime} $ (for a source at ${z}_{s}\simeq 2$, nominally). Here, we report an addition to that list of the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) selected cluster, PLCK G287.0+32.9 (z = 0.38), the second-highest SZ-mass (M 500) cluster from the Planck catalog. We present the first strong-lensing analysis of the cluster, identifying 20 sets of multiply imaged galaxies and candidates in new Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data, including a long, $l\sim 22^{\prime\prime} $ giant arc, as well as a quadruply imaged, apparently bright (magnified to ${J}_{{\rm{F}}110{\rm{W}}}=25.3$ AB), likely high-redshift dropout galaxy at ${z}_{\mathrm{phot}}=6.90$ [6.13–8.43] (95% C.I.). Our analysis reveals a very large critical area (1.55 arcmin2, ${z}_{s}\simeq 2$), corresponding to an effective Einstein radius of ${\theta }_{{\rm{E}}}\sim 42^{\prime\prime} $. Furthermore, the model suggests the critical area will expand to 2.58 arcmin2 (${\theta }_{{\rm{E}}}\sim 54^{\prime\prime} $) for sources at ${z}_{s}\sim 10$. Our work adds to recent efforts to model very massive clusters toward the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, in order to identify the most useful cosmic lenses for studying the early universe. Spectroscopic redshifts for the multiply imaged galaxies and additional HST data will be necessary for refining the lens model and verifying the nature of the $z\sim 7$ dropout.},
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journal = {The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)},
number = 1,
volume = 839,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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