[ascl:2511.001]
CASSL: Conventional and Sub-Conventional Strong Lensing forecasts and simulations
The CASSL pipeline analyzes strong lensing in JWST data. First, the code forecasts galaxy-scale strong lenses for JWST, including Einstein radii down to θ_E=0.02″ systems (generalizable to other telescopes and selection criteria). The code also simulates images of galaxy-scale strong lenses for JWST in the range 0.02″<θ_E<1.5″. These simulations use the VELA hydrodynamical simulations as very realistic lensed source galaxies. CASSL employs empirically motivated parameter distributions to generate realistic datasets of simulated strong lensing images.
- Code site:
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https://github.com/esilver01/small-lens-forecast-sims
- Used in:
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https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXiv250916033H
- Bibcode:
- 2025ascl.soft11001S