Direct Detection of Intermediate Mass Compact Objects via Submillilensing

Details Direct Detection of Intermediate Mass Compact Objects via Submillilensing Direct Detection of Intermediate Mass Compact Objects via Submillilensing

2005-12-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0512648v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 1 eps file, to appear in Science and Technology (Kinki University Press), 2006

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A galaxy-sized halo may contain a large number of intermediate mass (10^{2-4} solar mass) compact objects (IMCOs), which can be intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs) or the CDM subhalos. We propose to directly detect the IMBHs by observing multiply imaged QSO-galaxy lens systems with a high angular resolution (~ 0.03mas), which would be achieved by the next-VLBI space missions. The silhouette of the IMBHs would appear as an either monopole-like or dipole-like variation at the scale of the Einstein radius against the QSO jets. As a byproduct, we can also directly detect the 10^{4-5} solar mass CDM subhalos. From a measurement of the local distortion in the surface brightness of the QSO jet, we can make a distinction between a point mass (corresponding to an IMBH) and an extended structure (corresponding to a CDM subhalo). It would be a unique probe of the IMCOs whose nature has been under the veil of mistery.

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