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DOI
Muñoz, J. A.; Falco, E. E.; Kochanek, C. S.; McLeod, B. A.; Mediavilla, E.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 605, Issue 2, pp. 614-619.
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2004
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45
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41
Description
We estimate the dust extinction laws in two intermediate-redshift
galaxies. The dust in the lens galaxy of LBQS 1009-0252, which has an
estimated lens redshift of zl~=0.88, appears to be similar to
that of the SMC, with no significant feature at 2175 Å. Only if
the lens galaxy is at a redshift of zl~=0.3, which is
completely inconsistent with the galaxy colors, luminosity, and location
on the fundamental plane, can the data be fitted with a normal Galactic
extinction curve. The dust in the zl=0.68 lens galaxy for
B028+357, whose reddened image lies behind a molecular cloud, requires a
very flat ultraviolet extinction curve with (formally)
RV=12+/-2. Both lens systems seem to have unusual extinction
curves by Galactic standards.
Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The
Space Telescope Science Institute is operated by the Association of
Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. under NASA contract
NAS5-26555.