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微焦散透镜下的多重类星体Q2237 +0305

The multiple quasar Q2237+0305 under a microlensing caustic

T. Anguita, R. W. Schmidt, E. L. Turner, J. Wambsganss, R. L. Webster, K. A. Loomis, D. Long, R. McMillan

摘要:

我们使用1999年OGLE活动中四重成像引力透镜Q2237+0305的图像C的光变曲线来研究类星体引擎的结构。我们在阿帕奇点天文台3.5米望远镜上获得了g '和r'波段的测光结果,发现该事件在r '波段的振幅比在g'和OGLE V波段的振幅小。通过比较光变曲线与微透镜模拟,我们得到的类星体区域的大小的限制,有助于g '和r'带通量。假设透镜星系中心千秒差距内的大部分表面质量密度是由恒星造成的,并通过用高斯轮廓对源进行建模,我们得到高斯宽度为1.20 x 10^15 sqrt(M/0.1M_sun)cm < sigma_g' < 7.96 x 10^15 sqrt(M/0.1Msun)cm,其中M是平均微透镜质量,σ_r ′/σ_g ′ = 1.25^{+0.45}_{-0.15}。以Gil-Merino等人(2005)对透镜星系速度的限制作为我们唯一的先验,我们得到0.60 x 10^15 sqrt(M/0.1Msun)cm < sigma_g' < 1.57 x 10^15 sqrt(M/0.1Msun)cm,比值sigma_r'/sigma_g '= 1.45^{+0.90}_{-0.25}(所有值均为68%置信度)。此外,从我们的微透镜模拟中,我们发现,在观察到的彩色微透镜事件期间,类星体的连续发射区以> 72%的置信度穿过焦散。

英文摘要:

We use the high magnification event seen in the 1999 OGLE campaign light curve of image C of the quadruply imaged gravitational lens Q2237+0305 to study the structure of the quasar engine. We have obtained g'- and r'-band photometry at the Apache Point Observatory 3.5m telescope where we find that the event has a smaller amplitude in the r'-band than in the g'- and OGLE V-bands. By comparing the light curves with microlensing simulations we obtain constraints on the sizes of the quasar regions contributing to the g'- and r'-band flux. Assuming that most of the surface mass density in the central kiloparsec of the lensing galaxy is due to stars and by modeling the source with a Gaussian profile, we obtain for the Gaussian width 1.20 x 10^15 sqrt(M/0.1M_sun)cm < sigma_g' < 7.96 x 10^15 sqrt(M/0.1Msun) cm, where M is the mean microlensing mass, and a ratio sigma_r'/sigma_g'=1.25^{+0.45}_{-0.15}. With the limits on the velocity of the lensing galaxy from Gil-Merino et al. (2005) as our only prior, we obtain 0.60 x 10^15 sqrt(M/0.1Msun) cm < sigma_g' < 1.57 x 10^15 sqrt(M/0.1Msun) cm and a ratio sigma_r'/sigma_g'=1.45^{+0.90}_{-0.25} (all values at 68 percent confidence). Additionally, from our microlensing simulations we find that, during the chromatic microlensing event observed, the continuum emitting region of the quasar crossed a caustic at >72 percent confidence.

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