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COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses: XII. Time delays of the doubly lensed quasars SDSS~J1206+4332 and HS~2209+1914
Eulaers, Eva; Tewes, Malte; Magain, Pierre et al.
2013In Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Abstract :
[en] Aims. Within the framework of the COSMOGRAIL collaboration we present 7- and 8.5-year-long light curves and time-delay esti- mates for two gravitationally lensed quasars: SDSS J1206+4332 and HS 2209+1914. Methods. We monitored these doubly lensed quasars in the R-band using four telescopes: the Mercator, Maidanak, Himalayan Chandra, and Euler Telescopes, together spanning a period of 7 to 8.5 observing seasons from mid-2004 to mid-2011. The pho- tometry of the quasar images was obtained through simultaneous deconvolution of these data. The time delays were determined from these resulting light curves using four very different techniques: a dispersion method, a spline fit, a regression difference technique, and a numerical model fit. This minimizes the bias that might be introduced by the use of a single method. Results. The time delay for SDSS J1206+4332 is ∆tAB = 111.3 ± 3 days with A leading B, confirming a previously published result within the error bars. For HS 2209+1914 we present a new time delay of ∆tBA = 20.0 ± 5 days with B leading A. Conclusions. The combination of data from up to four telescopes have led to well-sampled and nearly 9-season-long light curves, which were necessary to obtain these results, especially for the compact doubly lensed quasar HS 2209+1914.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Eulaers, Eva ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique et traitement de l'image
Tewes, Malte
Magain, Pierre  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique et traitement de l'image
Courbin, Frédéric
Asfandiyarov, Ildar
Ehgamberdiev, Shurat
Rathna Kumar, S.
Stalin, C.S.
Prabhu, T.P.
Meylan, George
Van Winckel, Hans
Language :
English
Title :
COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses: XII. Time delays of the doubly lensed quasars SDSS~J1206+4332 and HS~2209+1914
Publication date :
22 May 2013
Journal title :
Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISSN :
0004-6361
eISSN :
1432-0746
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France
Peer reviewed :
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