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引力透镜类星体QSO 2237+0305的微透镜变率=爱因斯坦十字。II。吸积盘的能量分布

Microlensing variability in the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO 2237+0305 = the Einstein Cross. II. Energy profile of the accretion disk

A. Eigenbrod, F. Courbin, G. Meylan, E. Agol, T. Anguita, R. W. Schmidt, J. Wambsganss

摘要:

我们提出了我们的引力透镜类星体2237+0305的长期光谱监测的延续。我们研究了在类星体图像A和B的紫外/光学连续谱中观察到的色变,并将它们与数值模拟进行比较,以推断类星体吸积盘的能量分布。我们的程序相结合的微透镜射线拍摄技术与贝叶斯分析,并推导出作为波长的函数的源大小的概率分布。我们发现,有效的苛性交叉时间尺度为4.0+/-1.0个月。使用一个强大的有效横向速度的先验,我们发现,负责的UV/光学连续谱的源有一个能量分布以及再现的幂律R λ ^{zeta}与zeta=1.2+/-0.3,其中R是负责在波长λ的发射源的大小。这是第一次在如此小的尺度上精确地、独立于模型地确定类星体吸积盘的能量分布。

英文摘要:

We present the continuation of our long-term spectroscopic monitoring of the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO 2237+0305. We investigate the chromatic variations observed in the UV/optical continuum of both quasar images A and B, and compare them with numerical simulations to infer the energy profile of the quasar accretion disk. Our procedure combines the microlensing ray-shooting technique with Bayesian analysis, and derives probability distributions for the source sizes as a function of wavelength. We find that the effective caustic crossing timescale is 4.0+/-1.0 months. Using a robust prior on the effective transverse velocity, we find that the source responsible for the UV/optical continuum has an energy profile well reproduced by a power-law R lambda^{zeta} with zeta=1.2+/-0.3, where R is the source size responsible for the emission at wavelength lambda. This is the first accurate, model-independent determination of the energy profile of a quasar accretion disk on such small scales.

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