High-resolution imaging follow-up of doubly imaged quasars
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We report upon 3 years of follow-up and confirmation of doubly imaged quasar lenses through imaging campaigns from 2016 to 2018 with the Near-Infrared Camera2 (NIRC2) on the W. M. Keck Observatory. A sample of 57 quasar lens candidates are imaged in adaptive-optics-assisted or seeing-limited K'-band observations. Out of these 57 candidates, 15 are confirmed as lenses. We form a sample of 20 lenses adding in a number of previously known lenses that were imaged with NIRC2 in 2013-14 as part of a pilot study. By modelling these 20 lenses, we obtain K'-band relative photometry and astrometry of the quasar images and the lens galaxy. We also provide the lens properties and predicted time delays to aid planning of follow-up observations necessary for various astrophysical applications, e.g. spectroscopic follow-up to obtain the deflector redshifts for the newly confirmed systems. We compare the departure of the observed flux ratios from the smooth-model predictions between doubly and quadruply imaged quasar systems. We find that the departure is consistent between these two types of lenses if the modelling uncertainty is comparable.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Volume | 503 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 1557-1567 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISSN | 0035-8711 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 May 2021 |
- gravitational lensing: strong, catalogues, galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD, GRAVITATIONALLY LENSED QUASARS, STAR ADAPTIVE OPTICS, EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES, DARK-MATTER, SDSS J0806+2006, DISCOVERY, SYSTEMS, RATIO, SHARP
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