Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-12-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20020559
In this work we investigate the gravitationally lensed system B1422+231. High--quality VLBI image positions, fluxes and shapes as well as an optical HST lens galaxy position are used. First, two simple and smooth models for the lens galaxy are applied to fit observed image positions and fluxes; no even remotely acceptable model was found. Such models also do not accurately reproduce the image shapes. In order to fit the data successfully, mass substructure has to be added to the lens, and its level is estimated. To explore expectations about the level of substructure in galaxies and its influence on strong lensing, N-body simulation results of a model galaxy are employed. By using the mass distribution of this model galaxy as a lens, synthetic data sets of different four image system configurations are generated and simple lens models are again applied to fit them. The difficulties in fitting these lens systems turn out to be similar to the case of some real gravitationally lensed systems, thus possibly providing evidence for the presence and strong influence of substructure in the primary lens galaxy.
Bradač Maruša
King Lindsay J.
Lombardi Marco
Porcas Richard
Schneider Pat
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