SIMBAD references

Microlensing observations of QSO 0957+561A and QSO 0957+561B have consistently shown evidence for structure in the quasar that has not been evident in available microlensing models, where the luminous source has been consistently modeled as a single large, round structure. We show that the microlensing features can easily be reproduced by a luminous quasar model motivated by observations: a luminous inner accretion disk edge and outer ring-shaped structures where the emission lines form. Such a model can explain all of the features known from 24 years of QSO 0957+561 microlensing observations.