Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-06-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in PASJ
Scientific paper
We report the discovery and spectroscopic confirmation of three gravitationally-lensed images of a galaxy at z=3.9 in the background of a distant, rich cluster of galaxies at z=0.83, on the basis of observations with Faint Object Camera And Spectrograph (FOCAS) on the Subaru telescope. We construct a simple lens model of the cluster mass distribution based on Jee et al.'s weak lensing mass estimates from deep, high-resolution images by Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope. The lens model can account simultaneously for the observed image configuration and the flux ratio of the closer pair located close to the critical curve. The parities of the three images are also consistent with the lensing hypothesis. Since this galaxy is apparently bright (i'_{AB} \sim 23.7) for its redshift due to the magnification, it serves as a good high redshift target on which we can make extensive and detailed studies based on multi-wavelength imaging and spectroscopy.
Futamase Toshifumi
Hoshi Takako
Kashikawa Nobunari
Kodama Tadayuki
Tanaka Ichi
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