Lambda as a Probe of Lensing Consistency

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We introduce a framework to identify the radial transition in mass reconstruction reliability between strong and weak gravitational lensing in galaxy clusters. In weak lensing reconstruction, the convergence recovered from the reduced shear is subject to the mass-sheet degeneracy. We demonstrate that the degeneracy itself can serve as an indicator of the reconstruction reliability, and introduce a spatially resolved parameter λ(r) to characterize this as a function of radius. We validate this approach on simulated clusters with realistic observational noise, and show that the radial behavior of λ(r) captures the relative reliability of the two probes. Furthermore, when the global mass-sheet parameter λ is constrained directly using strong lensing information, the tightest constraints arise where the two probes achieve comparable precision. This provides a quantitative basis for joint strong and weak lensing mass reconstruction.

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@misc{cui2026lambda,
  title = {{Lambda as a Probe of Lensing Consistency}},
  author = {Li Cui and Yuan Shi and Carlo Giocoli},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2607.08286},
  eprint = {2607.08286},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.08286},
}

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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Lambda as a Probe of Lensing Consistency
AU  - Li Cui
AU  - Yuan Shi
AU  - Carlo Giocoli
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/30
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2607.08286
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.08286
AB  - We introduce a framework to identify the radial transition in mass reconstruction reliability between strong and weak gravitational lensing in galaxy clusters. In weak lensing reconstruction, the convergence recovered from the reduced shear is subject to the mass-sheet degeneracy. We demonstrate that the degeneracy itself can serve as an indicator of the reconstruction reliability, and introduce a spatially resolved parameter λ(r) to characterize this as a function of radius. We validate this approach on simulated clusters with realistic observational noise, and show that the radial behavior of λ(r) captures the relative reliability of the two probes. Furthermore, when the global mass-sheet parameter λ is constrained directly using strong lensing information, the tightest constraints arise where the two probes achieve comparable precision. This provides a quantitative basis for joint strong and weak lensing mass reconstruction.
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