Recent work has demonstrated the potential of gravitationally lensed quasars to extend measurements of black hole spin out to high-redshift with the current generation of X-ray observatories. Here we present an analysis of a large sample of 27 lensed quasars in the redshift range 1.0<z<4.5 observed with Chandra, utilizing over 1.6 Ms of total observing time, focusing on the rest-frame iron K emission from these sources. Although the X-ray signal-to-noise (S/N) currently available does not permit the detection of iron emission from the inner accretion disk in individual cases in our sample, we find significant structure in the stacked residuals. In addition to the narrow core, seen almost ubiquitously in local AGN, we find evidence for an additional underlying broad component from the inner accretion disk, with a clear red wing to the emission profile. Based on simulations, we find the detection of this broader component to be significant at greater than the 3-sigma level. This implies that iron emission from the inner disk is relatively common in the population of lensed quasars, and in turn further demonstrates that, with additional observations, this population represents an opportunity to significantly extend the sample of AGN spin measurements out to high-redshift.
Detectability of Gravitationally Lensed Kilonovae in the Rubin LSST
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics（天文与天体物理大学间中心）；Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU)（宇宙物理与数学卡弗里研究所）
An archival search for gamma-ray bursts gravitationally lensed by galaxy clusters
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth（宇宙学与引力研究所，朴茨茅斯大学）；School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham（物理与天文学学院，伯明翰大学）；Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy, University of Birmingham（引力波天文学研究所，伯明翰大学）；Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna（天体物理学系，维也纳大学）
Test of relativistic gravity using microlensing of relativistically broadened lines in gravitationally lensed quasars
我们表明，在强透镜类星体中观测相对论性加宽的发射线（例如X射线中的Fe K α线）的微透镜效应的时间依赖性，可以提供超大质量黑洞视界附近圆形轨道的天体力学数据。该信息可以从放大线的红/蓝边缘的演化的观察中提取，所述红/蓝边缘刚好在微透镜焦散线穿过最内侧稳定圆形轨道的周期之前和之后。这种演化的函数形式对吸积黑洞和微透镜焦散网络系统的许多天体物理参数不敏感（与全谱线的演化相反）。测量红/蓝边缘的时间演化可以精确测量引力红移和圆形轨道速度的径向依赖性，直到最里面的稳定圆形轨道。这些测量可以用来区分广义相对论和相对论引力的替代模型，其中光子和大质量物体绕引力中心的动力学不同于史瓦西或克尔时空中的测地线。
Reflection From the Strong Gravity Regime in a z=0.658 Gravitationally Lensed-Quasar
超大质量黑洞与其宿主星系在宇宙时间中的共同演化被编码在其自旋中。在$z>2$，超大质量黑洞被认为主要是通过合并驱动的吸积导致高自旋而生长的。然而，在$z\sim1$以下，这些黑洞是通过相干吸积还是以混沌的方式继续增长，这是未知的，尽管预测它们的自旋演化有明显的差异。测量黑洞自旋的一个既定方法是通过研究来自内吸积盘的相对论反射特征。由于它们的距离更远，迄今为止还没有在中等红移类星体中发现相对论反射特征。在这里，我们使用档案数据与一个新的，在$z=0.658$引力透镜类星体的深度观测严格检测和研究在这个中等红移类星体的反射。在这个反射光谱中存在的相对论性畸变水平使我们能够将发射限制在来自黑洞的$\lesssim3$引力半径内，这意味着在$3σ$置信水平上的自旋参数$a=0.87^{+0.08}_{-0.15} $和在$5σ$水平上的$a>0.66$。这里发现的高自旋是通过相干吸积这个黑洞的增长的指示，并建议$0.5\lesssim z \lesssim 1$之间的黑洞增长主要发生在相干吸积事件，而不是混乱。
