Discovery of a high-redshift Einstein ring

Details Discovery of a high-redshift Einstein ring Discovery of a high-redshift Einstein ring

2005-04-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504585v1

Astron.Astrophys. 436 (2005) L21-L25

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 3 figures, accepted in A&A Let

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:200500115

We report the discovery of a partial Einstein ring of radius 1.48arcsec produced by a massive (and seemingly isolated) elliptical galaxy. The spectroscopic follow-up at the VLT reveals a 2L* galaxy at z=0.986, which is lensing a post-starburst galaxy at z=3.773. This unique configuration yields a very precise measure of the mass of the lens within the Einstein radius, (8.3e11 +- 0.4)/h70 Msolar. The fundamental plane relation indicates an evolution rate of d [log (M/L)B] / dz = -0.57+-0.04, similar to other massive ellipticals at this redshift. The source galaxy shows strong interstellar absorption lines indicative of large gas-phase metallicities, with fading stellar populations after a burst. Higher resolution spectra and imaging will allow the detailed study of an unbiased representative of the galaxy population when the universe was just 12% of its current age.

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