A Malmquist-like bias in the inferred areas of diamond caustics and consequences for inferred time delays of gravitationally lensed quasars

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Kavli Affiliate: Paul L. Schechter | First 5 Authors: Derek Baldwin, Paul L. Schechter, , , | Summary: Quasars are quadruply lensed only when they lie within the diamond caustic of a lensing galaxy. This precondition produces a Malmquist-like selection effect in observed populations of quadruply lensed quasars, overestimating the true caustic area. The bias […]


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A Malmquist-like bias in the inferred areas of diamond caustics and the resulting bias in inferred time delays for gravitationally lensed quasars

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Kavli Affiliate: Paul L. Schechter | First 5 Authors: Derek Baldwin, Paul L. Schechter, , , | Summary: Quadruply lensed quasars are visible only when the source quasar lies within the diamond caustic of the lensing galaxy. This condition creates a Malmquist-like selection effect in the population of observed quadruply lensed quasars, increasing the true […]


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Free Streaming Length of Axion-Like Particle After Oscillon/ I-ball Decays

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Kavli Affiliate: Masahiro Kawasaki | First 5 Authors: Kaname Imagawa, Masahiro Kawasaki, Kai Murai, Hiromasa Nakatsuka, Eisuke Sonomoto | Summary: Axion-like particles (ALPs) are pseudoscalar bosons predicted by string theory. The ALPs have a shallower potential than a quadratic one, which induces the instability and can form the solitonic object called oscillon/I-ball. Although the lifetime […]


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