Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-09-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in A&A, 6 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
Anomalous flux ratios between quasar images are suspected to be caused by substructures in lens galaxies. We present new deep and high resolution H and Ks imaging of the strongly lensed quasar SDSS J0924+0219 obtained using the ESO VLT with adaptive optics and the Laser Guide Star system. SDSS J0924+0219 is particularly interesting as the observed flux ratio between the quasar images vastly disagree with the predictions from smooth mass models. With our adaptive optics observations we find a luminous object, Object L, located ~0.3" to the North of the lens galaxy, but we show that it can not be responsible for the anomalous flux ratios. Object L as well as a luminous extension of the lens galaxy to the South are seen in the archival HST/ACS image in the F814W filter. This suggests that Object L is part of a bar in the lens galaxy, as also supported by the presence of a significant disk component in the light profile of the lens galaxy. Finally, we do not find evidence for any other luminous substructure that may explain the quasar images flux ratios. However, owe to the persistence of the flux ratio anomaly over time (~ 7 years) a combination of microlensing and milli-lensing is the favorite explanation for the observations.
Cantale N.
Courbin Fred
Durrer P.
Faure Cecile
Meylan George
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