SMA High Angular Resolution Imaging of the Lensed Quasar APM08279+5255

Details SMA High Angular Resolution Imaging of the Lensed Quasar APM08279+5255 SMA High Angular Resolution Imaging of the Lensed Quasar APM08279+5255

Publishing date

2007-10-25

URL

arxiv.org/abs/0710.4956v1

Science

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field

Astrophysics

Additional info

6 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in ApJL, in emulateApJ format

Type

Scientific paper

Digital Object Identifier

10.1086/524704

Abstract

We present Submillimeter Array observations of the z=3.91 gravitationally lensed broad absorption line quasar APM08279+5255 which spatially resolve the 1.0mm (0.2mm rest-frame) dust continuum emission. At 0.4" resolution, the emission is separated into two components, a stronger, extended one to the northeast (46+/-5mJy) and a weaker, compact one to the southwest (15+/-2mJy). We have carried out simulations of the gravitational lensing effect responsible for the two submm components in order to constrain the intrinsic size of the submm continuum emission. Using an elliptical lens potential, the best fit lensing model yields an intrinsic (projected) diameter of ~80pc, which is not as compact as the optical/near-infrared (NIR) emission and agrees with previous size estimates of the gas and dust emission in APM08279+5255. Based on our estimate, we favor a scenario in which the 0.2mm (rest-frame) emission originates from a warm dust component (T_d=150-220K) that is mainly heated by the AGN rather than by a starburst (SB). The flux is boosted by a factor of ~90 in our model, consistent with recent estimates for APM08279+5255.

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