The redshift of the gravitationally lensed radio source PKS1830-211

Details The redshift of the gravitationally lensed radio source PKS1830-211 The redshift of the gravitationally lensed radio source PKS1830-211

1999-02-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902317v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 2 figures, Accepted ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/311949

We report on the spectroscopic identification and the long awaited redshift measurement of the heavily obscured, gravitationally lensed radio source PKS 1830-211, which was first observed as a radio Einstein ring. The NE component of the doubly imaged core is identified, in our infrared spectrum covering the wavelength range 1.5-2.5 microns, as an impressively reddened quasar at z=2.507. Our redshift measurement, together with the recently measured time delay (Lovell et al.), means that we are a step closer to determining the Hubble constant from this lens. Converting the time delay into the Hubble constant by using existing models leads to high values for the Hubble constant. Since the lensing galaxy lies very close to the center of the lensed ring, improving the error bars on the Hubble constant will require not only a more precise time delay measurement, but also very precise astrometry of the whole system.

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