Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999aj....118..654m&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 118, Issue 2, pp. 654-658.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Cosmology: Gravitational Lensing
Scientific paper
We have discovered a new gravitational lens in the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey. The lens B1555+375 is a four-image system with a maximum separation of 0.42". VLA and MERLIN radio observations show these images in a characteristic quadruple-lens configuration. Optical imaging with the Keck II Telescope at R band shows a faint extended object. We estimate the combined emission from the lens and background source to be R=25 mag. Observations at H band with the William Herschel Telescope also detected this extended object. The combined lens and background source magnitude was measured to be H=19 mag. Presently, redshifts for both the lensing galaxy and background source are undetermined. We conclude that one or more of the following are true: the lens galaxy is sub-L*, it has z>0.5, or it is highly reddened. The observed MERLIN component positions and flux densities can be well described by a lens model based on a singular isothermal ellipsoid mass distribution. Our best-fit lens model has a reduced chi^2 of 2.6. High-resolution VLA radio observations should help to constrain the lens model further.
Blandford Roger. D.
Browne Ian W. A.
de Bruyn Ger A.
Fassnacht Chris D.
Jackson Neal
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