scholarly journals Mass decomposition of SLACS lens galaxies in Weyl conformal gravity

2016 ◽  
Vol 93 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander A. Potapov ◽  
Ramil N. Izmailov ◽  
Kamal K. Nandi
Keyword(s):  
Conformal Gravity ◽  
Lens Galaxies

A Spectroscopic Study of the Environments of Gravitational Lens Galaxies

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 289-290
Author(s):  
I. Momcheva ◽  
K. Williams ◽  
C. Keeton ◽  
A. Zabludoff
Keyword(s):  
Spectroscopic Study ◽  
Gravitational Lens ◽  
Lens Galaxies

scholarly journals Scale dependence of galaxy biasing investigated by weak gravitational lensing: An assessment using semi-analytic galaxies and simulated lensing data

2018 ◽  
Vol 613 ◽  
pp. A15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Simon ◽  
Stefan Hilbert
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Scale Dependence ◽  
Reconstruction Technique ◽  
Weak Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Physical Scale ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Galaxy Bias ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Lens Galaxies

Galaxies are biased tracers of the matter density on cosmological scales. For future tests of galaxy models, we refine and assess a method to measure galaxy biasing as a function of physical scalekwith weak gravitational lensing. This method enables us to reconstruct the galaxy bias factorb(k) as well as the galaxy-matter correlationr(k) on spatial scales between 0.01hMpc−1≲k≲ 10hMpc−1for redshift-binned lens galaxies below redshiftz≲ 0.6. In the refinement, we account for an intrinsic alignment of source ellipticities, and we correct for the magnification bias of the lens galaxies, relevant for the galaxy-galaxy lensing signal, to improve the accuracy of the reconstructedr(k). For simulated data, the reconstructions achieve an accuracy of 3–7% (68% confidence level) over the abovek-range for a survey area and a typical depth of contemporary ground-based surveys. Realistically the accuracy is, however, probably reduced to about 10–15%, mainly by systematic uncertainties in the assumed intrinsic source alignment, the fiducial cosmology, and the redshift distributions of lens and source galaxies (in that order). Furthermore, our reconstruction technique employs physical templates forb(k) andr(k) that elucidate the impact of central galaxies and the halo-occupation statistics of satellite galaxies on the scale-dependence of galaxy bias, which we discuss in the paper. In a first demonstration, we apply this method to previous measurements in the Garching-Bonn Deep Survey and give a physical interpretation of the lens population.

scholarly journals Lens galaxies in the Illustris simulation: power-law models and the bias of the Hubble constant from time delays

2015 ◽  
Vol 456 (1) ◽  
pp. 739-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dandan Xu ◽  
Dominique Sluse ◽  
Peter Schneider ◽  
Volker Springel ◽  
Mark Vogelsberger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Time Delays ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Lens Galaxies

scholarly journals Spinning cosmic strings in conformal gravity

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (05) ◽  
pp. 2050024
Author(s):  
Reinoud Jan slagter ◽  
Christopher Levi Duston
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic String ◽  
Energy Condition ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Special Choice ◽  
Mass Relation ◽  
Conformal Gravity ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Closed Timelike Curves ◽  
The Core ◽  
Kerr Space

We investigate the space–time of a spinning cosmic string in conformal invariant gravity, where the interior consists of a gauged scalar field. We find exact solutions of the exterior of a stationary spinning cosmic string, where we write the metric as [Formula: see text], with [Formula: see text] a dilaton field which contains all the scale dependences. The “unphysical” metric [Formula: see text] is related to the [Formula: see text]-dimensional Kerr space–time. The equation for the angular momentum [Formula: see text] decouples, for the vacuum situation as well as for global strings, from the other field equations and delivers a kind of spin-mass relation. For the most realistic solution, [Formula: see text] falls off as [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] close to the core. The space–time is Ricci flat. The formation of closed timelike curves can be pushed to space infinity for suitable values of the parameters and the violation of the weak energy condition can be avoided. For the interior, a numerical solution is found. This solution can easily be matched at the boundary on the exterior exact solution by special choice of the parameters of the string. This example shows the power of conformal invariance to bridge the gap between general relativity and quantum field theory.

scholarly journals Conformal gravity with electrodynamics for fermion fields and their symmetry breaking mechanism

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 1450019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Fabbri
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
Conformal Gravity ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Cosmological Constant Problem ◽  
Conformal Theory ◽  
Fermion Fields ◽  
Breaking Mechanism ◽  
Cosmological Constants ◽  
Dirac Spinors

In this paper, we consider an axial torsion to build metric-compatible connections in conformal gravity, with gauge potentials; the geometric background is filled with Dirac spinors: scalar fields with suitable potentials are added eventually. The system of field equations is worked out to have torsional effects converted into spinorial self-interactions: the massless spinors display self-interactions of a specific form that gives them the features they have in the non-conformal theory but with the additional character of renormalizability, and the mechanisms of generation of mass and cosmological constants become dynamical. As a final step we will address the cosmological constant problem and the coincidence issue.

scholarly journals Thickenings and conformal gravity

1991 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude LeBrun
Keyword(s):  
Conformal Gravity

scholarly journals Testing conformal gravity with the supermassive black hole in 1H0707-495

2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Menglei Zhou ◽  
Zheng Cao ◽  
Askar Abdikamalov ◽  
Dimitry Ayzenberg ◽  
Cosimo Bambi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Conformal Gravity ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole
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