CLASS B0445+123: a new two-image gravitational lens system

A new two-image gravitational lens system has been discovered as a result of the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey. Radio observations with the Very Large Array (VLA), the Multi Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network and the Very Long Baseline Array at increasingly higher resolutions all show two comp...

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Main Authors: Argo, Megan, Jackson, N., Browne, I., York, T., McKean, J., Biggs, A., Blandford, R., deBruyn, A., Chae, K., Fassnacht, C., Koopmans, L., Myers, S., Norbury, M., Pearson, T., Phillips, P., Readhead, A., Rusin, D., Wilkinson, P.
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38840
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author Argo, Megan
Jackson, N.
Browne, I.
York, T.
McKean, J.
Biggs, A.
Blandford, R.
deBruyn, A.
Chae, K.
Fassnacht, C.
Koopmans, L.
Myers, S.
Norbury, M.
Pearson, T.
Phillips, P.
Readhead, A.
Rusin, D.
Wilkinson, P.
author_facet Argo, Megan
Jackson, N.
Browne, I.
York, T.
McKean, J.
Biggs, A.
Blandford, R.
deBruyn, A.
Chae, K.
Fassnacht, C.
Koopmans, L.
Myers, S.
Norbury, M.
Pearson, T.
Phillips, P.
Readhead, A.
Rusin, D.
Wilkinson, P.
author_sort Argo, Megan
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description A new two-image gravitational lens system has been discovered as a result of the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey. Radio observations with the Very Large Array (VLA), the Multi Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network and the Very Long Baseline Array at increasingly higher resolutions all show two components with a flux density ratio of ~7 : 1 and a separation of 1.34 arcsec. Both components are compact and have the same spectral index. Follow-up observations made with the VLA at 8.4 GHz show evidence of a feature to the south-east of the brighter component and a corresponding extension of the weaker component to the northwest. Optical observations with the William Herschel Telescope show ~1.7-arcsec extended emission aligned in approximately the same direction as the separation between the radio components with an R-band magnitude of 21.8 ± 0.4.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-388402017-09-13T15:59:40Z CLASS B0445+123: a new two-image gravitational lens system Argo, Megan Jackson, N. Browne, I. York, T. McKean, J. Biggs, A. Blandford, R. deBruyn, A. Chae, K. Fassnacht, C. Koopmans, L. Myers, S. Norbury, M. Pearson, T. Phillips, P. Readhead, A. Rusin, D. Wilkinson, P. galaxies gravitational lensing individual B0445+123 A new two-image gravitational lens system has been discovered as a result of the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey. Radio observations with the Very Large Array (VLA), the Multi Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network and the Very Long Baseline Array at increasingly higher resolutions all show two components with a flux density ratio of ~7 : 1 and a separation of 1.34 arcsec. Both components are compact and have the same spectral index. Follow-up observations made with the VLA at 8.4 GHz show evidence of a feature to the south-east of the brighter component and a corresponding extension of the weaker component to the northwest. Optical observations with the William Herschel Telescope show ~1.7-arcsec extended emission aligned in approximately the same direction as the separation between the radio components with an R-band magnitude of 21.8 ± 0.4. 2003 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38840 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06138.x Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. unknown
spellingShingle galaxies
gravitational lensing
individual
B0445+123
Argo, Megan
Jackson, N.
Browne, I.
York, T.
McKean, J.
Biggs, A.
Blandford, R.
deBruyn, A.
Chae, K.
Fassnacht, C.
Koopmans, L.
Myers, S.
Norbury, M.
Pearson, T.
Phillips, P.
Readhead, A.
Rusin, D.
Wilkinson, P.
CLASS B0445+123: a new two-image gravitational lens system
title CLASS B0445+123: a new two-image gravitational lens system
title_full CLASS B0445+123: a new two-image gravitational lens system
title_fullStr CLASS B0445+123: a new two-image gravitational lens system
title_full_unstemmed CLASS B0445+123: a new two-image gravitational lens system
title_short CLASS B0445+123: a new two-image gravitational lens system
title_sort class b0445+123: a new two-image gravitational lens system
topic galaxies
gravitational lensing
individual
B0445+123
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38840