Time Delays and Quasar Structure in Two Lensed Quasars with Significant Microlensing

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We employ a Bayesian Monte Carlo method to simultaneously estimate the time delays, accretion disk structure, and associated uncertainties for two lensed quasars undergoing significant microlensing. For the system HE1104-1805, we measure a time delay of ΔtAB = tA - tB = 162.2-5.9+6.3 days and a disk size of log(rs/cm) = 15.6-0.5+0.4 at 0.211 μm in the rest frame. These values are consistent with earlier estimates but have larger uncertainties. For the system QJ0158-4325, we are unable to measure an accurate time delay, and our analysis suggests a sense for the delay opposite to that predicted. We do, however, successfully measure an accretion disk size of log(rs/cm) = 14.8 ± 0.3 at a rest-frame wavelength of 0.306 μm.

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