Lens Mapping of Dark Matter Substructure with VSOP-2
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Hierarchical clustering models of cold dark matter (CDM) predict that about 5% - 10% of a galaxy-sized halo with mass ~ 10^12 solar masses (M_sun) resides in substructures (CDM subhalos) with masses <= 10^8 M_sun. To directly identify such substructures, we propose to observe radio continuum emission from multiply imaged QSOs using VSOP-2 with a high angular resolution.
three pages, two figures, to be published in ASP conference series in the proceedings of 'Approaching Micro-Arcsecond Resolution with VSOP-2: Astrophysics and Technology'
three pages, two figures, to be published in ASP conference series in the proceedings of 'Approaching Micro-Arcsecond Resolution with VSOP-2: Astrophysics and Technology'