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  "abstract": "The Hubble tension remains a significant challenge in modern cosmology, exhibiting a discrepancy between early-Universe cosmic microwave background measurements and local distance ladder observations. Strong lensing time-delay cosmography provides an independent, geometric probe of $H_0$ that can help resolve this discrepancy. Although hundreds of lensed quasars have been discovered, only a handful have been analyzed due to the resource-intensive follow-up required to measure precise time delays and break degeneracies. We present uniform gravitational lens modeling of 17 recently discovered lensed quasar systems (2 triply-imaged and 15 quadruply-imaged) to identify and prioritize the most promising candidates for future cosmological study. Using high-resolution near-infrared Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/IR F160W imaging (PID: 17916, PI: T. Treu), we perform uniform pipeline modeling with Lenstronomy. We constrain the mass and light profiles of the deflector galaxies, and assuming a fiducial cosmology, we predict their Fermat potential differences and expected time delays. Our pipeline successfully yields models and time-delay predictions for all 17 systems. Assuming ideal monitoring conditions, we estimate the total contribution from time-delay and Fermat potential modeling errors to the time-delay distance. From this, we classify the systems by estimated time-delay distance uncertainties: six \"excellent\" ($\\leq 3\\%$), five \"good\" ($3\\%$-$7\\%$), three \"suitable\" ($7\\%$-$12\\%$), and three \"impractical\" ($>12\\%$). We recommend prioritizing follow-up campaigns on the 11 \"excellent\" and \"good\" systems, which have the potential to deliver high-precision, independent constraints on $H_0$ to help resolve the Hubble tension.",
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      "name": "William Sheu"
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      "name": "Tommaso Treu"
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    {
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    {
      "name": "Simon Birrer"
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    {
      "name": "Daniel Gilman"
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    {
      "name": "Xiaosheng Huang"
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    {
      "name": "Richard G. McMahon"
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    {
      "name": "Nicholas D. Morgan"
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    {
      "name": "Veronica Motta"
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    {
      "name": "Anna Nierenberg"
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    {
      "name": "Kenneth C. Wong"
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    {
      "name": "Ioana Zelko"
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.07470",
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  "published": "2026-09-13",
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  "title": "HST imaging, pipeline modeling, and time-delay predictions of 2 triply-imaged and 15 quadruply-imaged lensed quasars",
  "title_text": "HST imaging, pipeline modeling, and time-delay predictions of 2 triply-imaged and 15 quadruply-imaged lensed quasars",
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  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/dbg2yr2q617e2",
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