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透镜星系的消光特性

Extinction properties of lensing galaxies

Linda Ostman, Ariel Goobar, Edvard Mortsell

摘要:

上下文观测类星体在前景星系中的闪耀,提供了一种探测遥远星系尘埃消光曲线的方法。这项研究的有趣对象是在强引力透镜系统中发现的,前景星系会产生多个图像。目标。通过研究引力透镜类星体的颜色,以及少数被探测到前景星系的类星体,研究了透镜星系的变红规律。方法.我们比较了文献中报道的类星体的观测颜色,不同的消光定律和尘埃性质使光谱模板变红。这些数据包括21个类星体星系系统,共有48张图像。星系,这是早期和晚期的类型,有红移的间隔z=0.04-1.51。结果我们测量我们研究的类星体图像之间的休息帧B-V的差异,类星体没有解决前景星系。这种颜色上的差异表明,在干预星系中有显着的尘埃灭绝。其中22张图像符合标准消光定律,对应于13个不同的星系。我们的拟合意味着总消光比与选择性消光比Rv的可能值范围很广。发现分布是宽的,具有Rv=2.4的加权模式和2.7的FWHM(σ = 1.1)。因此,大部分的星系,其中良好的红化适合可以推导出,具有与银河系的值(Rv=3.1)兼容的尘埃属性。

英文摘要:

Context. Observations of quasars shining through foreground galaxies, offer a way to probe the dust extinction curves of distant galaxies. Interesting objects for this study are found in strong gravitational lensing systems, where the foreground galaxies generate multiple images. Aims. The reddening law of lensing galaxies is investigated by studying the colours of gravitationally-lensed quasars, and a handful of other quasars where a foreground galaxy is detected. Methods. We compare the observed colours of quasars reported in the literature, with spectral templates reddened by different extinction laws and dust properties. The data consists of 21 quasar-galaxy systems, with a total of 48 images. The galaxies, which are both early- and late-type, have redshifts in the interval z=0.04-1.51. Results. We measure a difference in rest-frame B-V between the quasar images we study, and quasars without resolved foreground galaxies. This difference in colour is indicative of significant dust extinction in the intervening galaxy. Good fits to standard extinction laws were found for 22 of the images, corresponding to 13 different galaxies. Our fits imply a wide range of possible values for the total-to-selective extinction ratio, Rv. The distribution was found to be broad with a weighted mode of Rv=2.4 and a FWHM of 2.7 (sigma = 1.1). Thus the bulk of the galaxies for which good reddening fits could be derived, have dust properties compatible with the Milky Way value (Rv=3.1).

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