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Galaxy–Little Red Dot Strong Lenses: A Missing Population?

  • Authors: Zizhao He, Nan Li, Simon Dye, Xinzhong Er, Fuwen Shu

Zizhao He et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1011 .

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Caption: Figure 2.

Top row: magnitude distributions of the input LRD catalog (left), the brightest lensed image in each multiple-image system (middle), and the selected lensed image (right), defined as the second-brightest image for doubles and the third-brightest image for quads. The vertical dotted lines indicate the adopted representative 5σ limiting magnitudes in the three NIRCam bands. Middle row: redshift distributions of mock lensed LRDs, showing the lens redshift (left) and source redshift (right). Bottom row: distribution of the maximum image separation for mock lensed LRDs (left) and expected number of observable lensed LRDs as a function of cumulative JWST survey area (right). The vertical dashed line in the separation panel marks the adopted F444W PSF FWHM. In the survey-area panel, the shaded bands show the expected field-to-field scatter inferred from the 50 simulated 1 deg2 regions, and the two insets provide enlarged views of the double and quad predictions over 0.62–1.24 deg2.

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