[en] The authors have begun a systematic search from ESO for gravitational lens systems in a selected sample of highly luminous quasars; M[SUB]V[/SUB] < -29.0. They give a brief description of their first identified gravitational lens system UM673 = Q0142-100 = PHL3703. It consists of two images, A (m[SUB]R[/SUB] = 16.9) and B (m[SUB]R[/SUB] = 19.1), separated by 2.2 arc s at a redshift z[SUB]q[/SUB] = 2.719. The lensing galaxy (m[SUB]R[/SUB] â 19, Z[SUB]L[/SUB] â 0.49) has also been found. It lies very near the line connecting the two QSO images, â ¡0.8 arc s from the fainter one. A value M[SUB]0[/SUB] â 2.4×10[SUP]11[/SUP]M_sun; for the mass of the lensing galaxy and Deltat â 7 weeks for most likely travel-time difference between the two light paths to the QSO are found (assuming H[SUB]0[/SUB] = 75 km s[SUP]-1[/SUP]Mpc[SUP]-1[/SUP], q[SUB]0[/SUB] = 0).
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Surdej, Jean ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS)
Magain, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique et traitement de l'image
Swings, J.-P. ; European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile
Borgeest, U.; European Southern Observatory, Garching, Federal Republic of Germany
Courvoisier, T. J.-L.; Hamburger Sternwarte, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
Kayser, R.
Kellermann, K. I.
Kuhr, H.
Refsdal, S.
Language :
English
Title :
A new case of gravitational lensing
Publication date :
1987
Journal title :
Nature
ISSN :
0028-0836
eISSN :
1476-4687
Publisher :
Nature Publishing Group, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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