Lens modelling and H_0 estimate in quadruply lensed systems

Details Lens modelling and H_0 estimate in quadruply lensed systems Lens modelling and H_0 estimate in quadruply lensed systems

2004-07-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0407134v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 354 (2004) 343-354

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 8 figures, accepted by MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08160.x

We present a numerical method to estimate the lensing parameters and the Hubble constant H_0 from quadruply imaged gravitational lens systems. The lens galaxy is modeled using both separable deflection potentials and constant mass-to-light ratio profiles, while possible external perturbations have been taken into account introducing an external shear. The model parameters are recovered inverting the lens and the time delay ratio equations and imposing a set of physically motivated selection criteria. We investigate correlations among the model parameters and the Hubble constant. Finally, we apply the codes to the real lensed quasars PG 1115+080 and RX J0911+0551, and combine the results from these two systems to get H_0 = 56 +/- 23 km/(s Mpc). In addition, we are able to fit to the single systems a general elliptical potential with a non fixed angular part, and then we model the two lens systems with the same potential and a shared H_0: in this last case we estimate H_0=49_(-11)^(+6) km/(s Mpc).

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