2006A&A...454..493L -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 454493-501 (2006/8-1)
Strange magnification pattern in the large separation lens SDSS J1004+4112 from optical to X-rays.
LAMER G., SCHWOPE A., WISOTZKI L. and CHRISTENSEN L.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present simultaneous XMM-Newton UV and X-ray observations of the quadruply lensed quasar
SDSS J1004+4112 (
RBS 825). Simultaneously with the XMM-Newton observations we also performed integral field spectroscopy on the two closest lens images A and B using the Calar Alto PMAS spectrograph. In X-rays the widely spaced components C and D are clearly resolved, while the closer pair of images A and B is marginally resolved in the XMM-EPIC images. The integrated X-ray flux of the system has decreased by a factor of 6 since it was observed in the ROSAT All Sky Survey in 1990, while the X-ray spectrum became much harder with the power law index evolving from Γ=-2.3 to Γ=-1.86. By deblending the X-ray images of the lensed QSO we find that the X-ray flux ratios between the lens images A and B are significantly different from the simultaneously obtained UV ratios and previously measured optical flux ratios. Our optical spectrum of lens image A shows an enhancement in the blue emission line wings, which has been observed in previous epochs as a transient feature. We propose a scenario where intrinsic UV and X-ray variability gives rise to line variations which are selectively magnified in image A by microlensing. The extended emission of the lensing cluster of galaxies is clearly detected in the EPIC images, we measure a 0.5-2.0keV luminosity of 1.4x10
44erg/s. Based on the cluster X-ray properties, we estimate a mass of 2-6x10
14M
☉.
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Journal keyword(s):
gravitational lensing - quasars: emission lines - quasars: individual: SDSS J100434.91+411242.8 - galaxies: active - X-rays: galaxies: clusters
Nomenclature:
Figs 1,2: [LSW2006b] XN (Nos X1, X2).
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