Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-06-27
Astron.Astrophys. 367 (2001) 741-747
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 4 figures, uses aa.cls, accepted to Astronomy and Astrophysics with minor changes
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20000498
We present new optical data on the cluster AX J2019+1127 identified by the X-ray satellite ASCA at z\sim 1 (Hattori et al. 1997). The data suggest the presence of a high-redshift cluster of galaxies responsible for the large separation triple quasar MG2016+112. Our deep photometry reveals an excess of z\sim 1 galaxy candidates, as already suspected by Benitez et al. (1999). Our spectroscopic survey of 44 objects in the field shows an excess of 6 red galaxies securely identified at z \sim 1, with a mean redshift of z =1.005 +/- 0.002. We estimate a velocity dispersion of \sigma = 771 (+430/-160) km s(-1) based on these 6 galaxies and a V-band mass-to-light ratio of 215 (+308/-77) h_50 M/L_sol. Our observations thus confirm the existence of a massive structure acting as the lens, which explains the unusual configuration of the triple quasar. Hence, there is no more need to invoke the existence of a ``dark cluster'' to understand this lens system.
Hattori Makoto
Hjorth Jens
Jaunsen Andreas O.
Kneib Jean Paul
Soucail Genevieve
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