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arxiv: 2503.15324 · v1 · pith:ERBEWJNEnew · submitted 2025-03-19 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1): The Strong Lensing Discovery Engine A -- System overview and lens catalogue

Euclid Collaboration: M. Walmsley , P. Holloway , N. E. P. Lines , K. Rojas , T. E. Collett , A. Verma , T. Li , J. W. Nightingale
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We present a catalogue of 497 galaxy-galaxy strong lenses in the Euclid Quick Release 1 data (63 deg$^2$). In the initial 0.45\% of Euclid's surveys, we double the total number of known lens candidates with space-based imaging. Our catalogue includes 250 grade A candidates, the vast majority of which (243) were previously unpublished. Euclid's resolution reveals rare lens configurations of scientific value including double-source-plane lenses, edge-on lenses, complete Einstein rings, and quadruply-imaged lenses. We resolve lenses with small Einstein radii ($\theta_{\rm E} < 1''$) in large numbers for the first time. These lenses are found through an initial sweep by deep learning models, followed by Space Warps citizen scientist inspection, expert vetting, and system-by-system modelling. Our search approach scales straightforwardly to Euclid Data Release 1 and, without changes, would yield approximately 7000 high-confidence (grade A or B) lens candidates by late 2026. Further extrapolating to the complete Euclid Wide Survey implies a likely yield of over 100000 high-confidence candidates, transforming strong lensing science.

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