Title
Accuracy of the thin-lens approximation in strong lensing by smoothly truncated dark matter haloes
Publication Date
2011
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The accuracy of mass estimates by gravitational lensing using the thin-lens approximation applied to Navarro–Frenk–White mass models with a soft truncation mechanism recently proposed by Baltz, Marshall and Oguri is studied. The gravitational lens scenario considered is the case of the inference of lens mass from the observation of Einstein rings (strong lensing). It is found that the mass error incurred by the simplifying assumption of thin lenses is below 0.5 per cent. As a byproduct, the optimal tidal radius of the soft truncation mechanism is found to be at most 10 times the virial radius of the mass model.
Original Citation
Frittelli, Simonetta; Kling, Thomas P. (2011). Accuracy of the thin-lens approximation in strong lensing by smoothly truncated dark matter haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 415(4). 3599-3608. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18974.x
Virtual Commons Citation
Frittelli, S. and Kling, Thomas (2011). Accuracy of the thin-lens approximation in strong lensing by smoothly truncated dark matter haloes. In Physics Faculty Publications. Paper 5.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/physics_fac/5