Galaxy mass deduced from the structure of Einstein ring MG1654+1346.

Abstract:

:ELLIPTICAL galaxies acting as gravitational lenses occasionally produce spectacular images-Einstein rings-of distant objects. Giant arcs(1) and radio rings(2) have been observed. A wide variety of image morphologies is possible, the generation of which is qualitatively understood in terms of large magnifications at caustic and critical lines in the lensing geometry(3-5). From the angular size of the image, and with knowledge of the distances of the lensed and lensing object, rough estimates of the mass of the lensing galaxy can be obtained. We have made high-resolution radio-interferometric observations of MG1654 + 1346 (ref. 6) a radio quasar in near-perfect alignment with an elliptical galaxy, and show that radio emission is distorted into a narrow Einstein ring that lies within a diamond-shaped region bounded by caustic lines. From the details of the ring structure, a new model for the lensing geometry is deduced which leads to a more accurate estimate of the mass of the lensing galaxy.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Langston GI,Conner SR,Lehar J,Burke BF,Weiler KW

doi

10.1038/344043a0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-03-01 00:00:00

pages

43-5

issue

6261

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

344043a0

journal_volume

344

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