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光学不明射电源FIRST J121839 .7+295325是暗透镜吗?

Is the Optically Unidentified Radio Source, FIRST J121839.7+295325, a Dark Lens?

R. E. Ryan, S. H. Cohen, R. A. Windhorst, C. R. Keeton, T. J. Veach

摘要:

我们提出的证据表明,光学身份不明的射电源,第一J121839.7+295325,可能是强烈的透镜背景星系。我们估计假设的引力弧的红移,发现在平行成像与HST,从MMT蓝通道光谱为z_{arc} =2.48_-0.05^+0.14。我们提出了一个爱因斯坦半径为R_E=1.3”的透镜模型,其中包含质量为M_{dyn} =10^{12 +- 0.5} M_{sol},其中的不确定性反映了可能的透镜红移的范围。在我们的MMT-SWIRC成像中,未检测到推定晶状体的J_{lim} =22.0 mag和H_{lim} =20.7 mag。利用WFPC 2和SWIRC的通量极限,我们估计了J 121839.7 +295325的动力学质光比:A_V=1 mag时,M_{dyn} /L_B >~ 10 M_sol/L_sol,当A_V=0 mag时,这个下限可达30 M_sol/L_sol(V_{lim} =25.5等),射电流量为S_{1.4 GHz} =33 mJy,它可能是一个大质量的早期型星系,拥有0.8<z<1.5的射电大声活动星系核。然而,目前的数据不能唯一地确定透镜星系的质光比,因此不排除这个系统可能是一个相当暗的透镜的可能性。

英文摘要:

We present evidence that the optically unidentified radio source, FIRST J121839.7+295325, may be strongly lensing a background galaxy. We estimate the redshift of the assumed gravitational arc, discovered in parallel imaging with HST, from MMT-Blue Channel spectroscopy to be z_{arc}=2.48_-0.05^+0.14. We present lens models with an Einstein radius of R_E=1.3" which contains a mass of M_{dyn}=10^{12 +- 0.5} M_{sol}, where the uncertainty reflects the range of possible lens redshifts. The putative lens is not detected to J_{lim}=22.0 mag and H_{lim}=20.7 mag in our MMT-SWIRC imaging. Using the flux limits from WFPC2 and SWIRC, we estimate that the dynamical mass-to-light ratio of J121839.7+295325 is M_{dyn}/L_B >~ 10 M_sol/L_sol for A_V=1 mag, and this lower limit could be as high as 30 M_sol/L_sol for A_V=0 mag. Since the radio source is optically unidentified (V_{lim}=25.5 mag) and has a radio flux of S_{1.4 GHz}=33 mJy, it is likely a massive early-type galaxy which hosts a radio-loud AGN at 0.8<z<1.5. However, the present data cannot uniquely determine the mass-to-light ratio of the lensing galaxy, and hence the possibility that this system may be a reasonably dark lens is not ruled out.

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