Observation and confirmation of nine strong lensing systems in Dark Energy Survey Year 1 data

B. Nord; E. Buckley-Geer; H. Lin; N. Kuropatkin; T. Collett; D. L. Tucker; H. T. Diehl; A. Agnello; A. Amara; T. M. C. Abbott; S. Allam; J. Annis; S. Avila; K. Bechtol; D. Brooks; D. L. Burke; A. Carnero Rosell; M. Carrasco Kind; J. Carretero; C. E. Cunha; L. N. da Costa; C. Davis; J. De Vicente; P. Doel; T. F. Eifler; A. E. Evrard; E. Fernandez; B. Flaugher; P. Fosalba; J. Frieman; J. Garcıa- Bellido; E. Gaztanaga; D. Gruen; R. A. Gruendl; G. Gutierrez; W. G. Hartley; D. L. Hollowood; K. Honscheid; B. Hoyle; D. J. James; K. Kuehn; N. Kuropatkin; O. Lahav; M. Lima; M. A. G. Maia; M. March; J. L. Marshall; P. Melchior; F. Menanteau; R. Miquel; A. A. Plazas; A. K. Romer; A. Roodman; E. S. Rykoff; E. Sanchez; V. Scarpine; R. Schindler; M. Schubnell; I. Sevilla-Noarbe; M. Smith; M. Soares-Santos; F. Sobreira; E. Suchyta; M. E. C. Swanson; G. Tarle; D. Thomas; Y. Zhang

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Observation and confirmation of nine strong lensing systems in Dark Energy Survey Year 1 data

B. Nord, E. Buckley-Geer, H. Lin, N. Kuropatkin, T. Collett, D. L. Tucker, H. T. Diehl, A. Agnello, A. Amara, T. M. C. Abbott, S. Allam, J. Annis, S. Avila, K. Bechtol, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, C. E. CunhaL. N. da Costa, C. Davis, J. De Vicente, P. Doel, T. F. Eifler, A. E. Evrard, E. Fernandez, B. Flaugher, P. Fosalba, J. Frieman, J. Garcıa- Bellido, E. Gaztanaga, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, W. G. Hartley, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, B. Hoyle, D. J. James, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, M. Lima, M. A. G. Maia, M. March, J. L. Marshall, P. Melchior, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, A. A. Plazas, A. K. Romer, A. Roodman, E. S. Rykoff, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, R. Schindler, M. Schubnell, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, F. Sobreira, E. Suchyta, M. E. C. Swanson, G. Tarle, D. Thomas, Y. Zhang

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We describe the observation and confirmation of nine new strong gravitational lenses discovered in Year 1 data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We created candidate lists based on a) galaxy group and cluster samples and b) photometrically selected galaxy samples. We selected 46 candidates through visual inspection and then used the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) at the Gemini South telescope to acquire spectroscopic follow-up of 21 of these candidates. Through analysis of this spectroscopic follow-up data, we confirmed nine new lensing systems and rejected two candidates, but the analysis was inconclusive on 10 candidates. For each of the confirmed systems, we report measured spectroscopic properties, estimated source image-lens separation, and estimated enclosed masses. The sources that we targeted have an i-band surface brightness range of i_SB ∼ 22−24 mag/arcsec² and a spectroscopic redshift range of z_spec ∼ 0.8 − 2.6. The lens galaxies have a photometric redshift range of z_lens ∼ 0.3 − 0.7. The lensing systems range in source image-lens separation 2 − 9" and in enclosed mass 10¹² − 10¹³M⊙.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1308–1322
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	494
Issue number	1
Early online date	28 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa200
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2020

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astro-ph.CO
astro-ph.GA
astro-ph.IM
RCUK
STFC
gravitational lenses: general
gravitational lensing individual
gravitational lensing: strong
gravitational lensing: clusters
gravitational lensing: survey
surveys: DES

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Nord, B., Buckley-Geer, E., Lin, H., Kuropatkin, N., Collett, T., Tucker, D. L., Diehl, H. T., Agnello, A., Amara, A., Abbott, T. M. C., Allam, S., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bechtol, K., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. C., Kind, M. C., Carretero, J., ... Zhang, Y. (2020). Observation and confirmation of nine strong lensing systems in Dark Energy Survey Year 1 data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(1), 1308–1322. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa200

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