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通过哈勃空间望远镜成像对两个邻近强透镜椭圆星系的改进质量约束

Improved mass constraints for two nearby strong-lensing elliptical galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope Imaging

William P. Collier, Russell J. Smith, John R. Lucey

摘要:

我们分析新获得的哈勃空间望远镜(HST)的图像附近的两个强透镜椭圆星系,SNL-1(z = 0.03)和SNL-2(z = 0.05),以改善透镜质量的限制。成像揭示了透镜星系和透镜图像中以前看不见的结构。对于SNL-1,它有一个很好的解决源,我们打破了质量与剪切简并使用相对放大信息,并测量9.49 $\pm$ 0.15 $\times$ 10 $^{10}$ M $_{\odot}$,7%的增加,以前的估计透镜质量。对于SNL-2,成像揭示了源的明亮未分辨分量,由于活动星系核可能的微透镜或变异性,这带来了额外的复杂性。我们尝试性地使用相对放大率信息来限制SNL-2附近伴星系的贡献,测量出12.59 $\pm$ 0.30 $\times$ 10 $^{10}$ M $_{\odot}$的透镜质量,质量增加了9%。我们改进的透镜模型将质量不确定性分别从5%和10%降低到2%和3%。我们的研究结果支持先前分析的结论,与新测得的质量过剩参数为1.17 $\pm$ 0.09和0.96 $\pm$ 0.10 SNL-1和SNL-2,相对于一个Milky路(Kroupa)的初始质量函数。

英文摘要:

We analyse newly obtained Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging for two nearby strong lensing elliptical galaxies, SNL-1 (z = 0.03) and SNL-2 (z = 0.05), in order to improve the lensing mass constraints. The imaging reveals previously unseen structure in both the lens galaxies and lensed images. For SNL-1 which has a well resolved source, we break the mass-vs-shear degeneracy using the relative magnification information, and measure a lensing mass of 9.49 $\pm$ 0.15 $\times$ 10$^{10}$ M$_{\odot}$, a 7 per cent increase on the previous estimate. For SNL-2 the imaging reveals a bright unresolved component to the source and this presents additional complexity due to possible AGN microlensing or variability. We tentatively use the relative magnification information to constrain the contribution from SNL-2's nearby companion galaxy, measuring a lensing mass of 12.59 $\pm$ 0.30 $\times$ 10$^{10}$ M$_{\odot}$, a 9 per cent increase in mass. Our improved lens modelling reduces the mass uncertainty from 5 and 10 per cent to 2 and 3 per cent respectively. Our results support the conclusions of the previous analysis, with newly measured mass excess parameters of 1.17 $\pm$ 0.09 and 0.96 $\pm$ 0.10 for SNL-1 and SNL-2, relative to a Milky-Way like (Kroupa) initial mass function.

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