Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-08-24
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
24 pages, 10 figures, final version to appear in ApJ. Some minor corrections (e.g. constraint on central unseen image was stro
Scientific paper
10.1086/321412
We consider a wide range of parametric mass models for B 1933+503, a ten-image radio lens, and identify shared properties of the models with the best fits. The approximate rotation curves varies by less than 8.5% from the average value between the innermost and the outermost image (1.5h^{-1} kpc to 4.1h^{-1} kpc) for models within 1 \sigma of the best fit, and the radial dependence of the shear strength and angle also have common behavior for the best models. The time delay between images 1 and 6, the longest delay between the radio cores, is \Delta t = (10.6^{+2.4}_{-1.1})h^{-1} days (\Omega_0=0.3, \lambda_0=0.7) including all the modeling uncertainties. Deeper infrared observations, to more precisely register the lens galaxy with the radio images and to measure the properties of the Einstein ring image of the radio source's host galaxy, would significantly improve the model constraints and further reduce the uncertainties in the mass distribution and time delay.
Cohn Joanne D.
Keeton Charles R.
Kochanek Chris S.
McLeod Brian Andrew
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