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Three quasi-stellar objects acting as strong gravitational lenses

Courbin, F.  
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Faure, C.  
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Djorgovski, S. G.
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2012
Astronomy & Astrophysics

We report the discovery of three new cases of quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) acting as strong gravitational lenses on background emission line galaxies: SDSS J0827+5224 (z(QSO) = 0.293, z(s) = 0.412), SDSS J0919+2720 (z(QSO) = 0.209, z(s) = 0.558), SDSS J1005+4016 (z(QSO) = 0.230, z(s) = 0.441). The selection was carried out using a sample of 22,298 SDSS spectra displaying at least four emission lines at a redshift beyond that of the foreground QSO. The lensing nature is confirmed from Keck imaging and spectroscopy, as well as from HST/WFC3 imaging in the F475W and F814W filters. Two of the QSOs have face-on spiral host galaxies and the third is a QSO+galaxy pair. The velocity dispersion of the host galaxies, inferred from simple lens modeling, is between sigma = 210 and 285 km s(-1), making these host galaxies comparable in mass with the SLACS sample of early-type strong lenses.

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DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/201118015
Web of Science ID

WOS:000303315400050

Author(s)
Courbin, F.  
Faure, C.  
Djorgovski, S. G.
Rerat, F.  
Tewes, M.  
Meylan, G.  
Stern, D.
Mahabal, A.
Boroson, T.
Dheeraj, R.
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Date Issued

2012

Published in
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume

540

Start page

A36

Subjects

gravitational lensing: strong

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quasars: individual: SDSS J0013+1523

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quasars: individual: SDSS J0827+5224

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quasars: individual: SDSS J0919+2720

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quasars: individual: SDSS J1005+4016

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Early-Type Galaxies

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Galactic Nuclei

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Substructure

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Ii.

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Deconvolution

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Decomposition

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Cosmograil

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Luminosity

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Models

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Images

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May 25, 2012
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