Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-06-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, 4 figures, submitted to MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03122.x
We present a new method of studying quadruple lenses in elliptical power-law potentials parameterized by $\psi(x,y) \propto (x^2+y^2/q^2)^{\beta/2}/\beta (0 \leq \beta < 2)$. For this potential, the moments of the four image positions weighted by signed magnifications (magnification times parity) have very simple properties. In particular, we find that the zeroth moment -- the sum of four signed magnifications satisfies $\simeq 2/(2-\beta)$; the relation is exact for $\beta=0$ (point-lens) and $\beta=1$ (isothermal potential), independent of the axial ratio. Similar relations can be derived when a shear is present along the major or minor axes. These relations, however, do not hold well for the closely-related elliptical density distributions. For a singular isothermal elliptical density distribution without shear, the sum of signed magnifications for quadruple lenses is $\approx 2.8$, again nearly independent of the ellipticity. For the same distribution with shear, the total signed magnification is around 2-3 for most cases, but can be significantly different for some combinations of the axial ratio and shear where more than four images can appear.
Mao Shude
Witt Hans J.
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