The SWELLS Survey. I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of edge-on late-type lens galaxies
The relative contribution of baryons and dark matter to the inner regions of spiral galaxies provides critical clues to their formation and evolution, but it is generally difficult to determine. For spiral galaxies that are strong gravitational lenses, however, the combination of lensing and kinemat...
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| description | The relative contribution of baryons and dark matter to the inner regions of spiral galaxies provides critical clues to their formation and evolution, but it is generally difficult to determine. For spiral galaxies that are strong gravitational lenses, however, the combination of lensing and kinematic observations can be used to break the disk-halo degeneracy. In turn, such data constrain fundamental parameters such as i) the mass density profile slope and axis ratio of the dark matter halo, and by comparison with dark matter-only numerical simulations the modifications imposed by baryons; ii) the mass in stars and therefore the overall star formation efficiency, and the amount of feedback; iii) by comparison with stellar population synthesis models, the normalization of the stellar initial mass function. In this first paper of a series, we present a sample of 16 secure, 1 probable, and 6 possible strong lensing spiral galaxies, for which multi-band high-resolution images and rotation curves were obtained using the Hubble Space Telescope and Keck-II Telescope as part of the Sloan WFC Edge-on Late-type Lens Survey (SWELLS). The sample includes 8 newly discovered secure systems. [abridged] We find that the SWELLS sample of secure lenses spans a broad range of morphologies (from lenticular to late-type spiral), spectral types (quantified by Halpha emission), and bulge to total stellar mass ratio (0.22-0.85), while being limited to M_*>10^{10.5} M_sun. The SWELLS sample is thus well-suited for exploring the relationship between dark and luminous matter in a broad range of galaxies. We find that the deflector galaxies obey the same size-mass relation as that of a comparison sample of elongated non-lens galaxies selected from the SDSS survey. We conclude that the SWELLS sample is consistent with being representative of the overall population of high-mass high-inclination disky galaxies. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c040d077-891d-4489-b7b7-c635a1c138bc2022-03-27T05:53:19ZThe SWELLS Survey. I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of edge-on late-type lens galaxiesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c040d077-891d-4489-b7b7-c635a1c138bcSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Treu, TDutton, AAuger, MMarshall, PBolton, ABrewer, BKoo, DKoopmans, LThe relative contribution of baryons and dark matter to the inner regions of spiral galaxies provides critical clues to their formation and evolution, but it is generally difficult to determine. For spiral galaxies that are strong gravitational lenses, however, the combination of lensing and kinematic observations can be used to break the disk-halo degeneracy. In turn, such data constrain fundamental parameters such as i) the mass density profile slope and axis ratio of the dark matter halo, and by comparison with dark matter-only numerical simulations the modifications imposed by baryons; ii) the mass in stars and therefore the overall star formation efficiency, and the amount of feedback; iii) by comparison with stellar population synthesis models, the normalization of the stellar initial mass function. In this first paper of a series, we present a sample of 16 secure, 1 probable, and 6 possible strong lensing spiral galaxies, for which multi-band high-resolution images and rotation curves were obtained using the Hubble Space Telescope and Keck-II Telescope as part of the Sloan WFC Edge-on Late-type Lens Survey (SWELLS). The sample includes 8 newly discovered secure systems. [abridged] We find that the SWELLS sample of secure lenses spans a broad range of morphologies (from lenticular to late-type spiral), spectral types (quantified by Halpha emission), and bulge to total stellar mass ratio (0.22-0.85), while being limited to M_*>10^{10.5} M_sun. The SWELLS sample is thus well-suited for exploring the relationship between dark and luminous matter in a broad range of galaxies. We find that the deflector galaxies obey the same size-mass relation as that of a comparison sample of elongated non-lens galaxies selected from the SDSS survey. We conclude that the SWELLS sample is consistent with being representative of the overall population of high-mass high-inclination disky galaxies. |
| spellingShingle | Treu, T Dutton, A Auger, M Marshall, P Bolton, A Brewer, B Koo, D Koopmans, L The SWELLS Survey. I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of edge-on late-type lens galaxies |
| title | The SWELLS Survey. I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of
edge-on late-type lens galaxies |
| title_full | The SWELLS Survey. I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of
edge-on late-type lens galaxies |
| title_fullStr | The SWELLS Survey. I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of
edge-on late-type lens galaxies |
| title_full_unstemmed | The SWELLS Survey. I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of
edge-on late-type lens galaxies |
| title_short | The SWELLS Survey. I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of
edge-on late-type lens galaxies |
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