M. Bradac

Publication List Details

Period

2001 - 2009

Number

19

Co-Authors

Low-Energy Astrophysics: Stimulating the Reduction of Energy Consumption in the Next Decade (2009)

Marshall, P. J., Bennert, N., Rykoff, E. S., Shen, K. J., Steinfadt, J. D. R., Fregeau, J., ...

In this paper we address the consumption of energy by astronomers while performing their professional duties. Although we find that astronomy uses a negligible fraction of the US energy budget, the...

Strong Gravitational Lensing as a Probe of Gravity, Dark-Matter and Super-Massive Black Holes (2009)

Koopmans, L. V. E., Auger, M., Barnabe, M., Bolton, A., Bradac, M., Ciotti, L., ...

Whereas considerable effort has been afforded in understanding the properties of galaxies, a full physical picture, connecting their baryonic and dark-matter content, super-massive black holes, and...

Dark Matter Structures in the Universe: Prospects for Optical Astronomy in the Next Decade (2009)

Marshall, P. J., Auger, M., Bartlett, J. G., Bradac, M., Cooray, A., Dalal, N., ...

The Cold Dark Matter theory of gravitationally-driven hierarchical structure formation has earned its status as a paradigm by explaining the distribution of matter over large spans of cosmic distance...

The mass distribution of RX J1347-1145 from strong lensing (2008)

Halkola, A., Hildebrandt, H., Schrabback, T., Lombardi, M., Bradac, M., Erben, T., ...

High resolution HST/ACS images of the galaxy cluster RX J1347-1145 have enabled us to identify several new multiple image candidates in the cluster, including a 5 image system with a central image....

Strong and weak lensing united II: the cluster mass distribution of the most X-ray luminous cluster RX J1347.5-1145 (2004)

Bradac, M., Erben, T., Schneider, P., Hildebrand, H., Lombardi, M., Schirmer, M., ...

We have shown that the cluster-mass reconstruction method which combines strong and weak gravitational lensing data, developed in the first paper in the series, successfully reconstructs the mass...

Strong and weak lensing united I: the combined strong and weak lensing cluster mass reconstruction method (2004)

Bradac, M., Schneider, P., Lombardi, M., Erben, T.

Weak gravitational lensing is considered to be one of the most powerful tools to study the mass and the mass distribution of galaxy clusters. However, the mass-sheet degeneracy transformation has...

Weighting the Clusters of Galaxies with Weak Gravitational Lensing: The problem of the mass-sheet degeneracy (2004)

Bradac, M., Lombardi, M., Schneider, P.

Weak gravitational lensing is considered to be one of the most powerful tools to study the mass and the mass distribution of galaxy clusters. However, weak lensing mass reconstructions are plagued by...

Mass-sheet degeneracy: Fundamental limit on the cluster mass reconstruction from statistical (weak) lensing (2004)

Bradac, M., Lombardi, M., Schneider, P.

Weak gravitational lensing is considered to be one of the most powerful tools to study the mass and the mass distribution of galaxy clusters. However, weak lensing mass reconstructions are plagued by...

The signature of substructure on gravitational lensing in the LCDM cosmological model (2003)

Bradac, M., Schneider, P., Lombardi, M., Steinmetz, M., Koopmans, L. V. E., Navarro, Julio F.

We present a study of the lens properties of quadruply imaged systems, lensed by numerically simulated galaxies. We investigate a simulated elliptical and disc galaxy drawn from high resolution...

Using VLBI Data to Investigate the Galaxy Structure in the Gravitationally Lensed System B1422+231 (2002)

Bradac, M., Schneider, P., Steinmetz, M., Lombardi, M., King, L., Porcas, R.

Gravitationally lensed systems with multiply imaged quasars are an excellent tool for studying the properties of distant galaxies. In particular, they provide the most accurate mass measures for the...

B1422+231: The influence of mass substructure on strong lensing (2002)

Bradac, M., Schneider, P., Steinmetz, M., Lombardi, M., King, L. J., Porcas, R.

In this work we investigate the gravitationally lensed system B1422+231. High-quality VLBI image positions, fluxes and shapes as well as an optical HST lens galaxy position are used. First, two...

B1422+231 : The influence of mass substructure on strong lensing (2002)

Bradac, M., Schneider, P., Steinmetz, M., Lombardi, M., King, L. J., Porcas, R.

In this work we investigate the gravitationally lensed system B1422+231. High-quality VLBI image positions, fluxes and shapes as well as an optical HST lens galaxy position are used. First, two...

B1422+231: The influence of mass substructure on strong lensing (2001)

Bradac, M., Schneider, P., Steinmetz, M., Lombardi, M., King, L. J., Porcas, R.

In this work we investigate the gravitationally lensed system B1422+231. High--quality VLBI image positions, fluxes and shapes as well as an optical HST lens galaxy position are used. First, two...