FURTHER RADIO INVESTIGATIONS OF GRAVITATIONAL LENSING IN MG 0414+0534

被引:18
作者
KATZ, CA [1 ]
HEWITT, JN [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT,ELECTR RES LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
关键词
GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; RADIO CONTINUUM; GENERAL;
D O I
10.1086/186847
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Early observations identified MG 0414+0534 as a gravitational lens candidate: it displayed a three-component morphology, with the suggestion that one of the components was actually an unresolved pair. Higher resolution radio observations reported here confirm the existence of the pair and give a measurement of the angular separation of the components. We show that MG 0414+0534 exhibits properties characteristic of a simple gravitational lens system, including its morphology and the similar spectral indices of the different components.
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页码:L9 / L11
页数:3
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