2007/12/03 by Akiko Matsumoto, Toshifumi Futamase · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #CMB cold spot #Cosmology #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dispersion (optics) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Galaxy formation and evolution #Power law #Sky #Velocity dispersion #Weak gravitational lensing #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12769.x
published as Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.384:843-848,2008 · Accepted to MNRAS, 7 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2007/12/03 · openalex publication_date 2008/01/21 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We examine the usefulness of the strong lensing statistics to constrain the evolution of the number density of lensing galaxies by adopting the values of the cosmological parameters determined by recent Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe observation. For this purpose, we employ the lens-redshift test proposed by Kochanek and constrain the parameters in two evolution models, simple power-law model characterized by the power-law indexes νn and νv, and the evolution model by Mitchell et al. based on cold dark matter structure formation scenario. We use the well-defined lens sample from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and this is similarly sized samples used in the previous studies. Furthermore, we adopt the velocity dispersion function of early-type galaxies based on SDSS DR1 and DR5. It turns out that the indexes of power-law model are consistent with the previous studies, thus our results indicate the mild evolution in the number and velocity dispersion of early-type galaxies out to z= 1. However, we found that the values for p and q used by Mitchell et al. are inconsistent with the presently available observational data. More complete sample is necessary to withdraw more realistic determination on these parameters.