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HE 1113-0641:由地基光学望远镜确定的最小分离引力透镜

HE 1113-0641: The Smallest Separation Gravitational Lens Identified by a Ground-based Optical Telescope

Jeffrey A. Blackburne, Lutz Wisotzki, Paul L. Schechter

摘要:

汉堡/ESO类星体HE 1113-0641被发现是一个四重引力透镜,这是基于拉斯坎帕纳斯天文台的两台6.5米麦哲伦望远镜和随后的哈勃太空望远镜的观测。z_S=1.235的类星体呈十字形,i'带星等为18.0 ~ 18.8。最大的图像分离为0.67“,这是有史以来使用地面光学望远镜发现的最小分离的四倍。PSF减法揭示了一个微弱的透镜星系。一个简单的透镜模型成功地预测了观测到的组件的位置,但无法匹配它们的观测流量比高达一个数量级。我们估计透镜星系的红移为zL ~0.7。时间延迟的估计是一天的顺序,这表明流量比异常不是由于类星体的变化,但可能会导致子结构或透镜星系中的微透镜。

英文摘要:

The Hamburg/ESO quasar HE 1113-0641 is found to be a quadruple gravitational lens, based on observations with the twin 6.5m Magellan telescopes at the Las Campanas Observatory, and subsequently with the Hubble Space Telescope. The z_S=1.235 quasar appears in a cross configuration, with i' band magnitudes ranging from 18.0 to 18.8. With a maximum image separation of 0.67'', this is the smallest-separation quadruple ever identified using a ground-based optical telescope. PSF subtraction reveals a faint lensing galaxy. A simple lens model succeeds in predicting the observed positions of the components, but fails to match their observed flux ratios by up to a magnitude. We estimate the redshift of the lensing galaxy to be z_L~0.7. Time delay estimates are on the order of a day, suggesting that the flux ratio anomalies are not due to variability of the quasar, but may result from substructure or microlensing in the lens galaxy.

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