HST Frontier Fields clusters

Extending over three Hubble Space Telescope (HST) cycles, the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) initiative constitutes the largest commitment ever of HST time to the exploration of the distant Universe via gravitational lensing by massive galaxy clusters. Here, we present models of the mass distribution in the six HFF cluster lenses, derived from a joint strong- and weak-lensing analysis anchored by a total of 88 multiple-image systems identified in existing HST data. The resulting maps of the projected mass distribution and of the gravitational magnification effectively calibrate the HFF clusters as gravitational telescopes. Allowing the computation of search areas in the source plane, these maps are provided to the community to facilitate the exploitation of forthcoming HFF data for quantitative studies of the gravitationally lensed population of background galaxies. Our models of the gravitational magnification afforded by the HFF clusters allow us to quantify the lensing-induced boost in sensitivity over blank-field observations and predict that galaxies at z>10 and as faint as m(AB)=32 will be detectable, up to 2mag fainter than the limit of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/444/268/clusters (List of cluster)

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/444/268/table1 (Strong-lensing features identified in the existing HST images of A 2744)

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/444/268/table2 (Strong-lensing features identified in the existing HST images of MACS J0416)

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/444/268/table3 (Strong-lensing features identified in the existing HST images of MACS J0717)

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/444/268/table4 (Strong-lensing features identified in the existing HST images of MACS J1149)

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/444/268/table5 (Strong-lensing features identified in the existing HST images of Abell S1063)

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/444/268/table6 (Strong-lensing features identified in the existing HST images of Abell 370)

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/444/268
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/444/268
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Provenance
Creator Richard J.; Jauzac M.; Limousin M.; Jullo E.; Clement B.; Ebeling H.,Kneib J.-P.; Atek H.; Natarajan P.; Egami E.; Livermore R.; Bower R.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2016
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OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysical Processes; Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics