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Table 4.

Summary of the model parameters sampled in the hierarchical inference on the SLACS sample of Sect. 6.

Name Prior Description
Cosmology (Flat ΛCDM)
H0 [km s−1 Mpc−1] =73 Hubble constant
Ωm =0.3 Current normalized matter density

Mass profile
λint, 0 𝒰([0.5, 1.5]) Internal MST population mean for reff/θE = 1
αλ 𝒰([−1, 1]) Slope of λint with reff/θE of the deflector (Eq. (50))
σ(λint) 𝒰([0, 0.5]) 1-σ Gaussian scatter in the internal MST from SDSS

Stellar kinematics
aani 𝒰([0.1, 5]) Scaled anisotropy radius (Eqs. (51) and (52))
σ(aani) 𝒰([0, 1]) σ(aani)⟨aani⟩ is the 1-σ Gaussian scatter in aani

Normalization of IFU data
λifu 𝒰([0.5, 1.5]) Internal MST population constraint from IFU data
σ(λifu) 𝒰([0, 0.5]) 1-σ Gaussian scatter in λifu

Line of sight
κext p(κext) of individual lenses (Fig. 9) External convergence of lenses

Notes. The SLACS-only analysis is for the purpose of illustrating the constraining power on the mass profile and to assess consistencies with the TDCOSMO sample. For this purpose, we fix the cosmology to a fiducial value in the SLACS-only inference.

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