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Lens Models

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NTNU---Norwegian University of Science and Technology
NTNU---Norwegian University of Science and Technology

At present, CosmoSim provides three analytic lens models: Point Mass, SIS, and SIE. The critical point is to provide the lens potential ψR\psi^R (see Definition: Raytrace Equation) and compute derivatives so that the roulette amplitudes can be computed.

Point Mass

Stars and other celestial objects may sometimes be modelled as so-called point-masses. The gravitational potential is in this case

ψPMR(θ1,θ2)=θE2ln⁡θ=θE2⋅ln⁡θ12+θ22,\psi_{\mathrm{PM}}^R(\theta_1,\theta_2) = \theta_E^2\ln\theta = \theta_E^2\cdot\ln\sqrt{\theta_1^2+\theta_2^2},

where θE\theta_E is the previously defined angular Einstein radius, θE=RE/DL\theta_E=R_E/D_L and where θ=θ12+θ22.\theta=\sqrt{\theta_1^2+\theta_2^2}.

SIS (Singular isothermal sphere)

It is often necessary to model the lens as an extended object. The simplest such model, useful for instance in the modelling of a galaxy surrounded by dark amtter, is the so-called Singular isothermal sphere, or SIS-model for short. In the roulette formalism, the lens potential is given as,

ψSISR(θ1,θ2)=θE⋅θ=θE⋅θ12+θ22,\psi^R_\mathrm{SIS}(\theta_1,\theta_2) = \theta_E\cdot\theta = \theta_E\cdot\sqrt{\theta_1^2+\theta_2^2},

where notation is as for the point-mass case. The partial derivatives are readily calculated as

∂ψR∂θi=θE⋅θiθ12+θ12=θEθiθfori=1,2.\frac{\partial\psi^R}{\partial \theta_i} = \theta_E\cdot\frac{\theta_i}{\sqrt{\theta_1^2+\theta_1^2}}=\theta_E\frac{\theta_i}{\theta}\quad\text{for}\quad i=1,2.

Thus the reduced deflection angle (see (19)) is in the SIS case given as

α=∇θψR=θEθ(θ1,θ2).\boldsymbol{\alpha}=\nabla_\theta\psi^R =\frac{\theta_E}{\theta}\left(\theta_1,\theta_2\right).

Note that the norm of this vector is constant; α=∣α∣=θE.\alpha=|\boldsymbol{\alpha}|=\theta_E.

SIE

The extension of the SIS to an ellipsoid is well described by Kormann et al. (1994), and referred to as the Singular Isothermal Ellipsoid, or SIE-lens for short. It is a three-parameter family of lens models: The Einstein radius (θE\theta_E), the excentricity factor ff and the orientation λL\lambda_L of the lens relative to the polar axis. Given these parameters, the lens profile is given as:

ψSIER(θE,f,λL;θ,ϕ)=θEf1−f2θ⋅([sin⁡(ϕ−λL)]⋅sin⁡−1(1−f2⋅sin⁡(ϕ−λL))+[cos⁡(ϕ−λL)]⋅sinh⁡−1(1−f2fcos⁡(ϕ−λL))).\begin{aligned} \begin{split} \psi^R_\textrm{SIE}(\theta_E,f,\lambda_L;\theta,\phi) & = \theta_E\sqrt{\frac{f}{1-f^2}}\theta \\ & \cdot \Bigg([\sin(\phi-\lambda_L)]\cdot\sin^{-1}\left(\sqrt{1-f^2}\cdot \sin{(\phi-\lambda_L)}\right) \\& +[\cos(\phi-\lambda_L)]\cdot\sinh^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{1-f^2}}{f}\cos(\phi-\lambda_L)\right)\Bigg). \end{split} \end{aligned}

where (θ,ϕ)(\theta,\phi) are (normalized) polar coordinates in the lens plane, i.e.

θ=θEx=θ(sin⁡ϕ,cos⁡ϕ).\boldsymbol{\theta}=\theta_E\mathbf{x}=\theta(\sin\phi,\cos\phi).

The deflection may now be calculated using that

∂ψ∂θ1=θE⋅f1−f2⋅(cos⁡λL⋅sinh⁡−1(1−f2fθ1′θ)−sin⁡λL⋅sin⁡−1(1−f2θ2′θ))∂ψ∂θ2=θE⋅f1−f2⋅(sin⁡λL⋅sinh⁡−1(1−f2fθ1′θ)+cos⁡λL⋅sin⁡−1(1−f2θ2′θ))\begin{aligned} \frac{\partial\psi}{\partial \theta_1} &= \theta_E\cdot\frac{\sqrt{f}}{\sqrt{1-f^2}} \\& \cdot\left( \cos\lambda_L\cdot\sinh^{-1}(\frac{\sqrt{1-f^2}}{f}\frac{\theta_1^\prime}{\theta}) - \sin\lambda_L\cdot\sin^{-1}(\sqrt{1-f^2}\frac{\theta_2^\prime}{\theta}) \right) \\ \frac{\partial\psi}{\partial \theta_2} &= \theta_E\cdot\frac{\sqrt{f}}{\sqrt{1-f^2}} \\& \cdot\left( \sin\lambda_L\cdot\sinh^{-1}(\frac{\sqrt{1-f^2}}{f}\frac{\theta_1^\prime}{\theta}) + \cos\lambda_L\cdot\sin^{-1}(\sqrt{1-f^2}\frac{\theta_2^\prime}{\theta}) \right) \end{aligned}

where

θ1′=cos⁡λL⋅θ1+sin⁡λL⋅θ2θ2′=−sin⁡λL⋅θ1+cos⁡λL⋅θ2\begin{aligned} \theta_1^\prime &= \cos\lambda_L\cdot \theta_1 + \sin\lambda_L\cdot \theta_2 \\ \theta_2^\prime &= -\sin\lambda_L\cdot \theta_1 + \cos\lambda_L\cdot \theta_2 \end{aligned}

and θ=θ12+θ22\theta = \sqrt{\theta_1^2+\theta_2^2} as before.

References
  1. Kormann, R., Schneider, P., & Bartelmann, M. (1994). Isothermal elliptical gravitational lens models. Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), Vol. 284, No. 1, p. 285-299, 284, 285–299. https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1994A&A...284..285K&classic=YES