Time delay controversy on QSO 0957+561 not yet decided

Details Time delay controversy on QSO 0957+561 not yet decided Time delay controversy on QSO 0957+561 not yet decided

1994-01-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9401013v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, LaTeX A&A L-AA version 3, including Encapsulated PostScript figures, tar, compressed, uuencoded HH-GRAL-RK-1-93

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We present a new analysis of previously published optical and radio data sets of the gravitationally lensed quasar 0957+561 A,B with the aim of determining the time delay between its two images. We use a non-parametric estimate of the dispersion of the combined data set where, however, we only make use of alternating neighbours in order to avoid windowing effects. From the optical data a time delay of (415 $\pm$ 32) days and from the radio data a delay of (409 $\pm$ 23) days is suggested. We demonstrate a considerable sensitivity of different delay estimation procedures against the removal of only a few observational data points or against smoothing or detrending of the original data sets. The radio data give us formally a slightly more precise value for the time delay than the optical data. Also, due to the lack of windowing effects, the result obtained for the radio data can be considered as somewhat more reliable than the delay determined from the optical data.

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