1608+656: A Gravitationally Lensed Poststarburst Radio Galaxy

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Apr 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996apj...460l.103f&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal Letters v.460, p.L103

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

44

Cosmology: Gravitational Lensing

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The gravitational lens system 1608+656 displays four flat-spectrum, pointlike components that are the images of the unresolved core of a double-lobed radio source. The lensing mass is a galaxy at z = 0.630. New spectra of this system enable us to determine a conclusive redshift of 1.394 for the lensed object. The spectra show prominent high-order Balmer absorption lines and Mg II absorption. These lines, and the absence of [O II] emission, indicate that this is a poststarburst or E + A galaxy. It is unique among lensed objects in not being a quasar and among E + A galaxies in having the highest known redshift. Even allowing for lens magnification, the lensed object is a very luminous galaxy, with an absolute magnitude, M(r) = -22.8 mag. The deconvolved infrared image indicates that the galaxy may be slightly resolved. The radio luminosity density of the lobes is L1.4 = 5.78 x 1025 W Hz-1, which puts the source on the boundary between FR I and FR II radio galaxies. Together with the redshift for the lens and a satisfactory mass model, the determination of the lensed object redshift makes this system an excellent candidate for measuring H0.

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