The “External” Shears In Strong Lens Models
(2022)
Journal Article
Nightingale, J. W., Etherington, A., & Massey, R. (2022). The “External” Shears In Strong Lens Models. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 18(S381), 13-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921323003691
The distribution of mass in galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses is often modelled as an elliptical power law plus ‘external shear’, which notionally accounts for line-of-sight galaxies and cosmic shear. We argue that it does not, using three lin... Read More about The “External” Shears In Strong Lens Models.