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Probing sub-galactic mass structure with the power spectrum of surface-brightness anomalies in high-resolution observations of galaxy-galaxy strong gravitational lenses. II.Observational constraints on the sub-galactic matter power spectrum
D. Bayer, S. Chatterjee, L. V. E. Koopmans, S. Vegetti, J. P. McKean, T. Treu, C. D. Fassnacht, K. Glazebrook
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Stringent observational constraints on the sub-galactic matter power spectrum would allow one to distinguish between the concordance ΛCDM and the various alternative dark-matter models that predict significantly different properties of mass structure in galactic haloes. Galaxy-galaxy strong gravitational lensing provides a unique opportunity to probe the sub-galactic mass structure in lens galaxies beyond the Local Group. Here, we demonstrate the first application of a novel methodology to observationally constrain the sub-galactic matter power spectrum in the inner regions of massive elliptical lens galaxies on 1-10 kpc scales from the power spectrum of surface-brightness anomalies in highly magnified galaxy-scale Einstein rings and gravitational arcs. The pilot application of our approach to Hubble Space Telescope (HST/WFC3/F390W) observations of the SLACS lens system SDSS J0252+0039 allows us to place the following observational constraints (at the 99 per cent confidence level) on the dimensionless convergence power spectrum Δ²_(δκ) and the standard deviation in the aperture mass σ_(AM): Δ²_(δκ)<1 (σ_(AM)< 0.8 ×10⁸ M_⊙) on 0.5-kpc scale, Δ²_(δκ)<0.1 (σ_(AM)< 1 ×10⁸ M_⊙) on 1-kpc scale and Δ²_(δκ)<0.01 (σ_(AM)< 3 ×10⁸ M_⊙) on 3-kpc scale. These first upper-limit constraints still considerably exceed the estimated effect of CDM subhaloes. However, future analysis of a larger sample of galaxy-galaxy strong lens systems can substantially narrow down these limits and possibly rule out dark-matter models that predict a significantly higher level of density fluctuations on the critical sub-galactic scales.
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