Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-12-10
Astron.Astrophys.383:71-81,2002
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20011731
We present optical V and i-band light curves of the gravitationally lensed BAL quasar HE2149-2745. The data, obtained with the 1.5m Danish Telescope (ESO-La Silla) between October 1998 and December 2000, are the first from a long-term project aimed at monitoring selected lensed quasars in the Southern Hemisphere. A time delay of 103+/-12 days is determined from the light curves. In addition, VLT/FORS1 spectra of HE2149-2745 are deconvolved in order to obtain the spectrum of the faint lensing galaxy, free of any contamination by the bright nearby two quasar images. By cross-correlating the spectrum with galaxy-templates we obtain a tentative redshift estimate of z=0.495+/-0.01. Adopting this redshift, a Omega=0.3, Lambda=0.7 cosmology, and a chosen analytical lens model, our time-delay measurement yields a Hubble constant of H_0=66+/-8 km/s/Mpc with an estimated systematic error of +/-3 km/s/Mpc. Using non-parametric models yields H_0=65+/-8 km/s/Mpc and confirms that the lens exhibits a very dense/concentrated mass profile.
Brewer James
Burud Ingunn
Courbin Fred
Germany Lisa
Hjorth Jens
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