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类星体PG1115 +080的椭圆星系暗物质部分

The Dark-Matter Fraction in the Elliptical Galaxy Lensing the Quasar PG1115+080

D. Pooley, S. Rappaport, J. Blackburne, P. L. Schechter, J. Schwab, J. Wambsganss

摘要:

我们确定的最有可能的暗物质部分椭圆星系四倍透镜类星体PG 1115 +080的基础上分析的X射线通量的个人图像在2000年和2008年。在两个时期之间,PG 1115 +080的A2图像相对于其他图像在X射线中变亮了六倍。我们认为,A2图像在2000年被居间星系中的恒星微透镜高度缩小,最近又穿过了焦散,从而产生了一对新的微图像,并在此过程中变亮。在同一时期,A2图像的亮度在光学上只有1.2倍。透镜星系中光滑物质(暗物质)与凝块物质(恒星)的比例最有可能解释这些观测结果,光滑暗物质成分中约有90%的物质,恒星中约有10%。

英文摘要:

We determine the most likely dark-matter fraction in the elliptical galaxy quadruply lensing the quasar PG1115+080 based on analyses of the X-ray fluxes of the individual images in 2000 and 2008. Between the two epochs, the A2 image of PG1115+080 brightened relative to the other images by a factor of six in X-rays. We argue that the A2 image had been highly demagnified in 2000 by stellar microlensing in the intervening galaxy and has recently crossed a caustic, thereby creating a new pair of micro-images and brightening in the process. Over the same period, the A2 image has brightened by a factor of only 1.2 in the optical. The most likely ratio of smooth material (dark matter) to clumpy material (stars) in the lensing galaxy to explain the observations is ~90% of the matter in a smooth dark-matter component and ~10% in stars.

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