Bibcode
Muñoz, J. A.; Vives-Arias, H.; Mosquera, A. M.; Jiménez-Vicente, J.; Kochanek, C. S.; Mediavilla, E.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 817, Issue 2, article id. 155, 6 pp. (2016).
Fecha de publicación:
2
2016
Revista
Número de citas
25
Número de citas referidas
24
Descripción
We present estimates for the size and the logarithmic slope of the disk
temperature profile of the lensed quasar Q2237+0305, independent of the
component velocities. These estimates are based on six epochs of
multi-wavelength narrowband images from the Nordic Optical Telescope.
For each pair of lensed images and each photometric band, we determine
the microlensing amplitude and chromaticity using pre-existing mid-IR
photometry to define the baseline for no microlensing magnification. A
statistical comparison of the combined microlensing data (6 epochs
× 5 narrow bands × 6 image pairs) with simulations based on
microlensing magnification maps gives Bayesian estimates for the
half-light radius of
{R}1/2={8.5}-4.0+7.5\sqrt{< M>
/0.3 {M}ȯ } lt-day, and p = 0.95 ± 0.33 for the
exponent of the logarithmic temperature profile T\propto
{R}-1/{\text{}p}. This size estimate is in good agreement
with most recent studies. Other works based on the study of single
microlensing events predict smaller sizes, but could be statistically
biased by focusing on high-magnification events.