Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-09-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
11 pages, 1 table, 9 figures; submitted to MNRAS
Scientific paper
We present a strong-lensing analysis of the galaxy cluster MS 1358.4+6245 ($z=0.33$), in deep 6-band ACS/HST imaging. In addition to the well-studied system at $z=4.92$, our modelling method uncovers 19 new multiply-lensed images so that a total of 23 images and their redshifts are used to accurately constrain the inner mass distribution. We derive a relatively shallow inner mass profile, $d\log \Sigma/d\log r\simeq -0.33 \pm0.05$ ($r<200$ kpc), with a much higher magnification than estimated previously by models constrained only by the $z=4.92$ system. Using these many new images we can apply a non-parametric adaptive-grid method, which also yields a shallow mass profile without prior assumptions, strengthening our conclusions. The total magnification of the $z_s=4.92$ galaxy is high, about a $\sim100\times$ over its four images, so that the inferred source size, luminosity and star-formation rate are about $\sim5\times$ smaller than previous estimates, corresponding to a dwarf-sized galaxy of radius $\simeq1$ kpc. A detailed image of the interior morphology of the source is generated with a high effective resolution of only $\simeq$50 pc, thanks to the high magnification and to the declining angular diameter distance above $z\sim1.5$ for the standard cosmology, so that this image apparently represents the best resolved object known at high redshift.
Benítez Narciso
Broadhurst Tom
Coe Dan
Ford Holland
Liesenborgs Jori
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