SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 800083

SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 800083

Title: DARK CLUSTERS AS GRAVITATIONAL LENSES

Observer: WILLIGER

Subject Category: Clusters of Galaxies

Seq: 800083 ObsId: 00907

Long-term Plan bin: 26-Mar-2000

ABSTRACT

We propose to search for high (z ~ 1) redshift clusters of galaxies in the field of 5 wide-separation `dark' gravitational lens systems, which serve as indicators for the presence of massive intervening objects. The discovery and eventual determination of the space density of these objects has important consequences for cosmology, in particular for the process of structure formation in the Universe, and can serve as a discriminator between its diverse scenarios. We propose a 20 ksec exposure with ACIS-I towards each lens with the goal of establishing the presence or not of X-ray clusters of galaxies in these fields.

TARGET SUMMARY

TARGET NAME RADEC TIME SI GRAT TYPE TC ROLL PRE PHASE MULTI PRI
QB 1429-008A,B
218.121667
-1.104722
20.00000
ACIS-I
NONE
GO
no
no
no
no
no
5

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