Do the redshifts of gravitational lens galaxies rule out a large cosmological constant?

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view Abstract Citations (100) References (37) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Do the Redshifts of Gravitational Lens Galaxies Rule Out a Large Cosmological Constant? Kochanek, Christopher S. Abstract The distribution of lens galaxy redshifts in known gravitational lens systems is an extremely powerful means of discriminating between some cosmologies. Standard cosmologies are 5-10 times more probable than flat large cosmological constant cosmologies with λ_0_ >~ 0.9 based on the existing small sample. A few additional gravitational lens systems produced by isolated galaxies with known source and lens redshifts would settle the question, because the probability of the redshift distribution in an Einstein-de Sitter universe agreeing with the flat λ_0_ >~ 0.9 models drops faster than proportional to (0.5)^N^, where N is the number of systems. The uncertainties in the mass distribution of galaxies are larger than the differences between standard FRW {OMEGA}_0_ = 0 to {OMEGA}_0_ = 1 models. If we confine ourselves to Einstein-de Sitter cosmologies, we can predict redshifts for several of the lenses in which they are not currently known. If we model the lens galaxies as ellipticals, then the predicted redshifts of the lens galaxy for the gravitational lenses PG 1115+080 and 1413+117 are z_L_= 0.37+/-0.18 (0.48 +/- 0.22) and Z_L_ = 0.68 +/- 0.33, (0.92+/-0.40) where the errors correspond to one standard deviation in the redshift probability distribution, and the two sets of ranges correspond to σ_m_ = σ or σ_m_ = (3/2)^1/2sigma, where σ_m_ is the velocity dispersion characteristic of the mass distribution, and σ is the measured velocity dispersion. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: January 1992 DOI: 10.1086/170845 Bibcode: 1992ApJ...384....1K Keywords: Cosmology; Galaxies; Gravitational Lenses; Red Shift; Astronomical Models; Einstein Equations; Astrophysics; COSMOLOGY: GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; COSMOLOGY: OBSERVATIONS; GALAXIES: DISTANCES AND REDSHIFTS full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (9) NED (5)