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Modelling the 10-image lensed system B1933+503
Authors:S Nair
Institution:Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, the Netherlands,;University of Manchester, NRAL Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL
Abstract:A gravitational lens model is presented for the newly discovered 10-image system B1933+503. The underlying object, revealed by modelling, is a triple radio source on the scale of a couple of hundred mas that is well-aligned along the line of sight with a foreground and somewhat flattened lensing galaxy, the orientation and location of which match those of an observed galaxy, known to be at a redshift of 0.755. Uncertainties in the modelling are obtained by a Monte Carlo exercise. Observational tests of the lens model are proposed, and the time delays between various pairs of images are determined, as the core of the source is known to be significantly variable. Future observations of the lens hold the key to using B1933+503 to constrain Hubble's constant. Despite the absence of a source redshift, the utility of the system as a probe of the structure of the lens galaxy is unparalleled as it provides a surfeit of easily identifiable constraints for modelling the system.
Keywords:galaxies: individual: B1933+503  galaxies: structure  gravitational lensing
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