Strange magnification pattern in the large separation lens SDSS J1004+4112 from optical to X-rays

Details Strange magnification pattern in the large separation lens SDSS J1004+4112 from optical to X-rays Strange magnification pattern in the large separation lens SDSS J1004+4112 from optical to X-rays

2006-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604378v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20064934

We present simultaneous XMM-Newton UV and X-ray observations of the quadruply lensed quasar SDSS J1004+4112 (RBS 825). Simultaneously with the XMM-Newton observations we also performed integral field spectroscopy on the two closest lens images A and B using the Calar Alto PMAS spectrograph. In X-rays the widely spaced components C and D are clearly resolved, while the closer pair of images A and B is marginally resolved in the XMM-EPIC images. The integrated X-ray flux of the system has decreased by a factor of 6 since it was observed in the ROSAT All Sky Survey in 1990, while the X-ray spectrum became much harder with the power law index evolving from Gamma=-2.3 to -1.86. By deblending the X-ray images of the lensed QSO we find that the X-ray flux ratios between the lens images A and B are significantly different from the simultaneously obtained UV ratios and previously measured optical flux ratios. Our optical spectrum of lens image A shows an enhancement in the blue emission line wings, which has been observed in previous epochs as a transient feature. We propose a scenario where intrinsic UV and X-ray variability gives rise to line variations which are selectively magnified in image A by microlensing. The extended emission of the lensing cluster of galaxies is clearly detected in the EPIC images, we measure a 0.5-2.0 keV luminosity of 1.4 E44 erg/s. Based on the cluster X-ray properties, we estimate a mass of 2-6 E14 solar masses.

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