2010ApJ...712..658P


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2010ApJ...712..658P - Astrophys. J., 712, 658-667 (2010/March-3)

The transverse peculiar velocity of the Q2237+0305 lens galaxy and the mean mass of its stars.

POINDEXTER S. and KOCHANEK C.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

Using 11 years of OGLE V-band photometry of Q2237+0305, we measure the transverse velocity of the lens galaxy and the mean mass of its stars. We can do so because, for the first time, we fully include the random motions of the stars in the lens galaxy in the analysis of the light curves. In doing so, we are also able to correctly account for Earth's parallax motion and the rotation of the lens galaxy, further reducing systematic errors. We measure a lower limit on the transverse speed of the lens galaxy, vt> 338 km/s (68% confidence) and find a preferred direction to the east. The mean stellar mass estimate, including a well-defined velocity prior, is 0.12 ≤ 〈M/M☉〉 ≤ 1.94 at 68% confidence, with a median of 0.52 M☉. We also show for the first time that analyzing subsets of a microlensing light curve, in this case the first and second halves of the OGLE V-band light curve, gives mutually consistent physical results.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - gravitational lensing: micro - methods: numerical - quasars: individual: Q2237+0305

Simbad objects: 10

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Number of rows : 10
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 QSO J0158-4325 QSO 01 58 41.3988 -43 25 03.798   17.2 17.2     ~ 74 1
2 2MASS J11315154-1231588 Sy1 11 31 51.5387 -12 31 58.716           ~ 304 1
3 PMN J2004-1349 QSO 20 04 07.09 -13 49 31.1           ~ 22 1
4 QSO J2240+0321 QSO 22 40 30.234 +03 21 30.63           ~ 705 1
5 Z 378-15 AGN 22 40 30.23447 +03 21 30.6290           ~ 636 0
6 QSO B2237+0305D LeI 22 40 30.28 +03 21 29.3   18.98       ~ 78 0
7 QSO B2237+0305B LeI 22 40 30.30 +03 21 30.5   17.82       ~ 78 0
8 QSO B2237+0305A LeI 22 40 30.34 +03 21 28.8   17.96       ~ 90 0
9 QSO B2237+0305C LeI 22 40 30.38 +03 21 30.0   18.66       ~ 81 0
10 NAME Galactic Bulge reg ~ ~           ~ 4794 0

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