RXJ 0921+4529: a binary quasar or gravitational lens?

Details RXJ 0921+4529: a binary quasar or gravitational lens? RXJ 0921+4529: a binary quasar or gravitational lens?

2010-08-24

arxiv.org/abs/1008.4156v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

6 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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We report the new spectroscopic observations of the gravitational lens RXJ 021+4529 with the multi-mode focal reducer SCORPIO of the SAO RAS 6-m telescope. The new spectral observations were compared with the previously observed spectra of components A and B of RXJ 0921+4529, i.e. the same components observed in different epochs. We found a significant difference in the spectrum between the components that cannot be explained with microlensing and/or spectral variation. We conclude that RXJ 0921+4529 is a binary quasar system, where redshifts of quasars A and B are 1.6535 +/- 0.0005 and 1.6625 +/- 0.0015, respectively.

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