Measuring lensing magnification of quasars by large scale structure using the variability-luminosity relation
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2011
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Bauer, Anne
Seitz, S
Jerke, Jonathon
Scalzo, Richard
Rabinowitz, David
Ellman, Nancy
Baltay, C
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IOP Publishing
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We introduce a technique to measure gravitational lensing magnification using the variability of type I quasars. Quasars' variability amplitudes and luminosities are tightly correlated, on average. Magnification due to gravitational lensing increases the
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Keywords: galaxies: active; galaxies: clusters: general; gravitational lensing: weak; large-scale structure of universe; methods: data analysis; quasars: general
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Astrophysical Journal, The
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