2007MNRAS.379..308D -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 379, 308-316 (2007/July-3)
Separation of the visible and dark matter in the Einstein ring LBG J213512.73-010143.
DYE S., SMAIL I., SWINBANK A.M., EBELING H. and EDGE A.C.
Abstract (from CDS):
We model the mass distribution in the recently discovered Einstein ring LBGJ213512.73-010143 (the `Cosmic Eye') using archival Hubble Space Telescope imaging. We reconstruct the mass density profile of the z = 0.73 lens and the surface brightness distribution of the z = 3.07 source and find that the observed ring is best fitted with a dual-component lens model consisting of a baryonic Sersic component nested within a dark matter halo. The dark matter halo has an inner slope of 1.42+0.24–0.22, consistent with cold dark matter simulations after allowing for baryon contraction. The baryonic component has a mass-to-light ratio of 1.71+0.28–0.38M☉/L_B☉_ which when evolved to the present day is in agreement with local ellipticals. Within the Einstein radius of 0.77 arcsec (5.6 kpc), the baryons account for 46±11 per cent of the projected lens mass. External shear from a nearby foreground cluster is accurately predicted by the model. The reconstructed surface brightness distribution in the source plane clearly shows two peaks. Through a generalization of our lens inversion method, we conclude that the redshifts of both peaks are consistent with each other, suggesting that we are seeing structure within a single galaxy.
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2007 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2007 RAS
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galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD - galaxies: individual: LBGJ213512.73-010143 - cosmology: observations - dark matter
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