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Table 2.

BIC value, reduced χ2 of the image fit, measured H0, tension relative to the true value of and integrated stellar velocity dispersion.

Model: power law Model: cored power law Model: composite
Truth: power law (#1) BIC = 10220 BIC = 10230
Δ BIC = 10
(σv = 308  km s−1) χ2 = 1.02 χ2 = 1.02
 km s−1 Mpc−1  km s−1 Mpc−1
Tension = 0.5σ Tension = 0.1σ
 km s−1  km s−1
Truth: power law (#2) BIC = 9786 BIC = 9797
Δ BIC = 11
(σv = 297  km s−1) χ2 = 0.98 χ2 = 0.98
 km s−1 Mpc−1  km s−1 Mpc−1
Tension = 1.1 σ Tension = 0.8 σ
 km s−1  km s−1

Truth: cored power law (#3) BIC = 14544 BIC = 9776
Δ BIC = 4768
(σv = 245  km s−1 ) χ2 = 1.46 χ2 = 0.98
 km s−1 Mpc−1  km s−1 Mpc−1
Tension = 2.8σ Tension = 0.7σ
 km s−1  km s−1
Truth: cored power law (#4) BIC = 18565 BIC = 9768
Δ BIC = 8797
(σv = 216  km s−1 ) χ2 = 1.86 χ2 = 0.98
 km s−1 Mpc−1  km s−1 Mpc−1
Tension = 3.9 σ Tension = 0.7 σ
 km s−1  km s−1

Truth: composite (#5) BIC = 10042 BIC = 9703 BIC = 9608
Δ BIC = 434 Δ BIC = 95
(σv = 253  km s−1 ) χ2 = 1.00 χ2 = 0.97 χ2 = 0.96
 km s−1 Mpc−1  km s−1 Mpc−1  km s−1 Mpc−1
Tension = 5.2 σ Tension = 9.1 σ Tension = 0.7 σ
 km s−1  km s−1  km s−1
Truth: composite (#6) BIC = 14170 BIC = 10764 BIC = 9715
Δ BIC = 4455 Δ BIC = 1049
(σv = 207  km s−1 ) χ2 = 1.36 χ2 = 1.04 χ2 = 0.97
 km s−1 Mpc−1  km s−1 Mpc−1  km s−1 Mpc−1
Tension = 0.8 σ Tension = 0.6 σ Tension = 1.0 σ
 km s−1  km s−1  km s−1

Notes. The three columns of the table correspond to the family of mass model fitted on the six simulated lens systems. The ΔBIC is computed relative to the best model for each lens.

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