BD Lensing
Project Description
In this project, participants will model galaxy-scale strong lensing systems using imaging data from the Hubble Space Telescope (the image below shows some examples). Through lens modeling, we will quantify how the mass is distributed in the lens galaxy and compare it with the light distribution to investigate the alignment between dark matter and baryonic matter in massive elliptical galaxies. The modeling will be performed with the software package lenstronomy, written in Python. For that reason, knowing basic Python is a prerequisite for this project. The project will take place between Feb - August 2023 and culminate in a submitted paper for publication. Through the project, the participants will learn about astronomical and statistical concepts needed for understanding the data and modeling and gain experience in collaborating, presenting research results, and scientific writing.
The lens modeling tutorial used for this project can be found here. The GitHub repo containing modeling notebooks for all the lens systems in our sample will be released after the project paper has been accepted.
Participants
Mir Sazzat Hossain
Post-bac Research Assistant, Independent University, Bangladesh
Zareef Jafar
Post-bac Researcher, BRAC University
S M Rafee Adnan
Master's 2nd year, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Anik Biswas
Undergrad 3rd year, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Masuk Ridwan Saumo
Undergrad 3rd year, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Fahim Rajit Hossain
Undergrad 4th year, Bangladesh Army University of Engineering and Technology
MD. Zannat Chowdhury Sagar
Undergrad 4th year, Independent University, Bangladesh
Nusrath Jahan
Undergrad 3rd Year, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Akbar Ahmed Chowdhury
Undergrad 4th year, Independent University, Bangladesh
Navid Al Faiyaz Provi
Undergrad 4th Year, Independent University, Bangladesh
Ahmad Al - Imtiaz
Undergrad 4th year, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Md. Mehedi Hasan
Undergrad 4th Year, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Ajmi Rahaman
Master's 1st year, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Sulyman Hossain
Undergrad 4th year, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
MD. Jobair Hasan
Master's 1st year, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Md. Mamun Hossain Nahid
Undergrad 4th year, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Mamunur Rashid
Undergrad 4th year, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Tanjela Akter
Undergrad 4th year, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Jannatul Feardous
Post-bac Researcher, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
Mentors
Anowar Shajib
Postdoc, University of Chicago