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Gravitational lens system SDSS J1339+1310: microlensing factory and time delay

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2016-12-07 v1

Abstract

We spectroscopically re-observed the gravitational lens system SDSS J1339+1310 using OSIRIS on the GTC. We also monitored the rr-band variability of the two quasar images (A and B) with the LT over 143 epochs in the period 2009-2016. These new data in both the wavelength and time domains have confirmed that the system is an unusual microlensing factory. The CIV\scriptsize{\rm{IV}} emission line is remarkably microlensed, since the microlensing magnification of B relative to that for A, μBA\mu_{\rm{BA}}, reaches a value of 1.4 (\sim 0.4 mag) for its core. Moreover, the B image shows a red wing enhancement of CIV\scriptsize{\rm{IV}} flux (relative to A), and μBA\mu_{\rm{BA}} = 2 (0.75 mag) for the CIV\scriptsize{\rm{IV}} broad-line emission. Regarding the nuclear continuum, we find a chromatic behaviour of μBA\mu_{\rm{BA}}, which roughly varies from \sim 5 (1.75 mag) at 7000 \AA\ to \sim 6 (1.95 mag) at 4000 \AA. We also detect significant microlensing variability in the rr band, and this includes a number of microlensing events on timescales of 50-100 d. Fortunately, the presence of an intrinsic 0.7 mag dip in the light curves of A and B, permitted us to measure the time delay between both quasar images. This delay is ΔtAB\Delta t_{\rm{AB}} = 476+5^{+5}_{-6} d (1σ\sigma confidence interval; A is leading), in good agreement with predictions of lens models.

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@article{arxiv.1609.07440,
  title  = {Gravitational lens system SDSS J1339+1310: microlensing factory and time delay},
  author = {Luis J. Goicoechea and Vyacheslav N. Shalyapin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.07440},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Accepted to A&A; 19 pages, 2 appendices, 3 long tables (Tables 1-3). Tables 1-2 and an updated version of Table 3 are available at http://grupos.unican.es/glendama/q1339.htm