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Dr David Lagattuta

PDRA

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PDRA in the Department of Physics

Publications

Journal Article

  • Mass and light in galaxy clusters: The case of Abell 370
    Limousin, M., Beauchesne, B., Niemiec, A., Diego, J. M., Jauzac, M., Koekemoer, A., Sharon, K., Acebron, A., Lagattuta, D., Mahler, G., Williams, L. L. R., Richard, J., Jullo, E., Furtak, L. J., Faisst, A. L., Frye, B. L., Hibon, P., Natarajan, P., & Rich, M. (2025). Mass and light in galaxy clusters: The case of Abell 370. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 693, Article A33. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451969
  • The KALEIDOSCOPE survey : A new strong and weak gravitational lensing view of the massive galaxy cluster MACS J1423.8+2404
    Patel, N. R., Jauzac, M., Niemiec, A., Lagattuta, D., Mahler, G., Beauchesne, B., Edge, A., Ebeling, H., & Limousin, M. (2024). The KALEIDOSCOPE survey : A new strong and weak gravitational lensing view of the massive galaxy cluster MACS J1423.8+2404. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533(4), 4500-4514. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2069
  • A complex node of the cosmic web associated with the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0600.1-2008
    Furtak, L. J., Zitrin, A., Richard, J., Eckert, D., Sayers, J., Ebeling, H., Fujimoto, S., Laporte, N., Lagattuta, D., Limousin, M., Mahler, G., Meena, A. K., Andrade-Santos, F., Frye, B. L., Jauzac, M., Koekemoer, A. M., Kohno, K., Espada, D., Lu, H., … Niemiec, A. (2024). A complex node of the cosmic web associated with the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0600.1-2008. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533(2), 2242-2261. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1943
  • SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere
    Gill, A. S., Benton, S. J., Damaren, C. J., Everett, S. W., Fraisse, A. A., Hartley, J. W., Harvey, D., Holder, B., Huff, E. M., Jones, W. C., Lagattuta, D., Leung, J. S.-Y., Jauzac, M., Li, L., Luu, T. V. T., Massey, R., McCleary, J. E., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., … Vitorelli, A. Z. (2024). SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere. Astronomical Journal, 168(2), Article 85. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad5840
  • Strong gravitational lensing’s ‘external shear’ is not shear
    Etherington, A., Nightingale, J., Massey, R., Tam, S.-I., Cao, X., Niemiec, A., He, Q., Robertson, A., Li, R., Amvrosiadis, A., Cole, S., Diego, J., Frenk, C., Frye, B., Harvey, D., Jauzac, M., Koekemoer, A., Lagattuta, D., Lange, S., … Steinhardt, C. (2024). Strong gravitational lensing’s ‘external shear’ is not shear. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(3), 3684-3697. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1375
  • Hydrodynamical simulations of merging galaxy clusters: giant dark matter particle colliders, powered by gravity
    Sirks, E. L., Harvey, D., Massey, R., Oman, K. A., Robertson, A., Frenk, C., Everett, S., Gill, A. S., Lagattuta, D., & McCleary, J. (2024). Hydrodynamical simulations of merging galaxy clusters: giant dark matter particle colliders, powered by gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(3), 3160-3170. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1012
  • A full reconstruction of two galaxy clusters intra-cluster medium with strong gravitational lensing
    Allingham, J. F. V., Bœhm, C., Eckert, D., Jauzac, M., Lagattuta, D., Mahler, G., Hilton, M., Lewis, G. F., & Ettori, S. (2024). A full reconstruction of two galaxy clusters intra-cluster medium with strong gravitational lensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(2), 1711-1736. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae107
  • BUFFALO/Flashlights: Constraints on the abundance of lensed supergiant stars in the Spock galaxy at redshift 1
    Diego, J. M., Li, S. K., Meena, A. K., Niemiec, A., Acebron, A., Jauzac, M., Struble, M. F., Amruth, A., Broadhurst, T. J., Cerny, C., Ebeling, H., Filippenko, A. V., Jullo, E., Kelly, P., Koekemoer, A. M., Lagattuta, D., Lim, J., Limousin, M., Mahler, G., … Pascale, M. (2024). BUFFALO/Flashlights: Constraints on the abundance of lensed supergiant stars in the Spock galaxy at redshift 1. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 681, Article A124. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346761
  • A new step forward in realistic cluster lens mass modelling: analysis of Hubble Frontier Field Cluster Abell S1063 from joint lensing, X-ray, and galaxy kinematics data
    Beauchesne, B., Clément, B., Hibon, P., Limousin, M., Eckert, D., Kneib, J.-P., Richard, J., Natarajan, P., Jauzac, M., Montes, M., Mahler, G., Claeyssens, A., Jeanneau, A., Koekemoer, A. M., Lagattuta, D., Pagul, A., & Sánchez, J. (2024). A new step forward in realistic cluster lens mass modelling: analysis of Hubble Frontier Field Cluster Abell S1063 from joint lensing, X-ray, and galaxy kinematics data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(2), 3246–3275. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3308
  • Data Downloaded via Parachute from a NASA Super-Pressure Balloon
    Sirks, E. L., Massey, R., Gill, A. S., Anderson, J., Benton, S. J., Brown, A. M., Clark, P., English, J., Everett, S. W., Fraisse, A. A., Franco, H., Hartley, J. W., Harvey, D., Holder, B., Hunter, A., Huff, E. M., Hynous, A., Jauzac, M., Jones, W. C., … Vassilakis, G. N. (2023). Data Downloaded via Parachute from a NASA Super-Pressure Balloon. Aerospace, 10(11), Article 960. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace10110960
  • Probing the faint-end luminosity function of Lyman-alpha emitters at 3 < z < 7 behind 17 MUSE lensing clusters
    Thai, T. T., Tuan-Anh, P., Pello, R., Goovaerts, I., Richard, J., Claeyssens, A., Mahler, G., Lagattuta, D., de la Vieuville, G., Salvador-Solé, E., Garel, T., Bauer, F. E., Jeanneau, A., Clément, B., & Matthee, J. (2023). Probing the faint-end luminosity function of Lyman-alpha emitters at 3 < z < 7 behind 17 MUSE lensing clusters. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 678, Article A139. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346716
  • Lensing in the Blue. II. Estimating the Sensitivity of Stratospheric Balloons to Weak Gravitational Lensing
    McCleary, J. E., Everett, S. W., Shaaban, M. M., Gill, A. S., Vassilakis, G. N., Huff, E. M., Massey, R. J., Benton, S. J., Brown, A. M., Clark, P., Holder, B., Fraisse, A. A., Jauzac, M., Jones, W. C., Lagattuta, D., Leung, J. S.-Y., Li, L., T. Luu, T. V., Nagy, J. M., … Tam, S. I. (2023). Lensing in the Blue. II. Estimating the Sensitivity of Stratospheric Balloons to Weak Gravitational Lensing. The Astronomical Journal, 166(3). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ace7ca
  • Joint HST, VLT/MUSE, and XMM−Newton observations to constrain the mass distribution of the two strong lensing galaxy clusters: MACS J0242.5-2132 and MACS J0949.8+1708
    Allingham, J. F. V., Jauzac, M., Lagattuta, D. J., Mahler, G., Bœhm, C., Lewis, G. F., Eckert, D., Edge, A., & Ettori, S. (2023). Joint HST, VLT/MUSE, and XMM−Newton observations to constrain the mass distribution of the two strong lensing galaxy clusters: MACS J0242.5-2132 and MACS J0949.8+1708. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522(1), 1118-1137. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad917
  • Beyond the bulge–halo conspiracy? Density profiles of early-type galaxies from extended-source strong lensing
    Etherington, A., Nightingale, J. W., Massey, R., Robertson, A., Cao, X., Amvrosiadis, A., Cole, S., Frenk, C. S., He, Q., Lagattuta, D. J., Lange, S., & Li, R. (2023). Beyond the bulge–halo conspiracy? Density profiles of early-type galaxies from extended-source strong lensing. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(4), 6005-6018. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad582
  • Precision Modeling of JWST's First Cluster Lens SMACS J0723.3–7327*
    Mahler, G., Jauzac, M., Richard, J., Beauchesne, B., Ebeling, H., Lagattuta, D., Natarajan, P., Sharon, K., Atek, H., Claeyssens, A., Clément, B., Eckert, D., Edge, A., Kneib, J.-P., & Niemiec, A. (2023). Precision Modeling of JWST’s First Cluster Lens SMACS J0723.3–7327*. Astrophysical Journal, 945(1), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acaea9
  • RXJ0437+00: constraining dark matter with exotic gravitational lenses
    Lagattuta, D. J., Richard, J., Ebeling, H., Basto, Q., Cerny, C., Edge, A., Jauzac, M., Mahler, G., & Massey, R. (2023). RXJ0437+00: constraining dark matter with exotic gravitational lenses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522(1), 1091-1107. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad803
  • Pilot-WINGS: An extended MUSE view of the structure of Abell 370
    Lagattuta, D. J., Richard, J., Bauer, F. E., Cerny, C., Claeyssens, A., Guaita, L., Jauzac, M., Jeanneau, A., Koekemoer, A. M., Mahler, G., Prieto Lyon, G., Acebron, A., Meneghetti, M., Niemiec, A., Zitrin, A., Bianconi, M., Connor, T., Cen, R., Edge, A., … Weaver, J. R. (2022). Pilot-WINGS: An extended MUSE view of the structure of Abell 370. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(1), 497-517. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac418
  • SHARP – VIII. J0924+0219 lens mass distribution and time-delay prediction through adaptive-optics imaging
    Chen, G. C.-F., Fassnacht, C. D., Suyu, S. H., Koopmans, L. V., Lagattuta, D. J., McKean, J. P., Auger, M. W., Vegetti, S., & Treu, T. (2022). SHARP – VIII. J0924+0219 lens mass distribution and time-delay prediction through adaptive-optics imaging. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(2), 2349-2359. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1081
  • The Lensed Lyman-Alpha MUSE Arcs Sample (LLAMAS)
    Claeyssens, A., Richard, J., Blaizot, J., Garel, T., Kusakabe, H., Bacon, R., Bauer, F., Guaita, L., Jeanneau, A., Lagattuta, D., Leclercq, F., Maseda, M., Matthee, J., Nanayakkara, T., Pello, R., Thai, T., Tuan-Anh, P., Verhamme, A., Vitte, E., & Wisotzki, L. (2022). The Lensed Lyman-Alpha MUSE Arcs Sample (LLAMAS). Astronomy & Astrophysics, 666, Article A78. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142320
  • An atlas of MUSE observations towards twelve massive lensing clusters
    Richard, J., Claeyssens, A., Lagattuta, D., Guaita, L., Bauer, F. E., Pello, R., Carton, D., Bacon, R., Soucail, G., Lyon, G. P., Kneib, J.-P., Mahler, G., Clément, B., Mercier, W., Variu, A., Tamone, A., Ebeling, H., Schmidt, K. B., Nanayakkara, T., … Patrício, V. (2021). An atlas of MUSE observations towards twelve massive lensing clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics., 646, Article A83. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039462
  • OzDES multi-object fibre spectroscopy for the Dark Energy Survey: results and second data release
    Lidman, C., Tucker, B., Davis, T., Uddin, S., Asorey, J., Bolejko, K., Brout, D., Calcino, J., Carollo, D., Carr, A., Childress, M., Hoormann, J., Foley, R., Galbany, L., Glazebrook, K., Hinton, S., Kessler, R., Kim, A., King, A., … Wilkinson, R. (2020). OzDES multi-object fibre spectroscopy for the Dark Energy Survey: results and second data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(1), 19-35. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1341
  • SHARP – VI. Evidence for CO (1–0) molecular gas extended on kpc-scales in AGN star-forming galaxies at high redshift
    Sweijen, F., Stacey, H., Rizzo, F., Lagattuta, D., Fassnacht, C., Koopmans, L., Auger, M., Powell, D., Vegetti, S., McKean, J., & Spingola, C. (2020). SHARP – VI. Evidence for CO (1–0) molecular gas extended on kpc-scales in AGN star-forming galaxies at high redshift. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(2), 2387-2407. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1342
  • Download by parachute: retrieval of assets from high altitude balloons
    Sirks, E., Clark, P., Massey, R., Benton, S., Brown, A., Damaren, C., Eifler, T., Fraisse, A., Frenk, C., Funk, M., Galloway, M., Gill, A., Hartley, J., Holder, B., Huff, E., Jauzac, M., Jones, W., Lagattuta, D., Leung, J.-Y., … Tam, S.-I. (2020). Download by parachute: retrieval of assets from high altitude balloons. Journal of Instrumentation, 15(05), Article P05014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/05/p05014
  • The BUFFALO HST Survey
    Steinhardt, C. L., Jauzac, M., Acebron, A., Atek, H., Capak, P., Davidzon, I., Eckert, D., Harvey, D., Koekemoer, A. M., Lagos, C. D., Mahler, G., Montes, M., Niemiec, A., Nonino, M., Oesch, P., Richard, J., Rodney, S. A., Schaller, M., Sharon, K., … Zitrin, A. (2020). The BUFFALO HST Survey. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 247(2), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ab75ed