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Discovery of a high-redshift Einstein ring

Date

Authors

Cabanac, R A

Valls-Gabaud, D

Jaunsen, A O

Lidman, Christopher

Jerjen, Helmut

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

We report the discovery of a partial Einstein ring of radius 1.″48 produced by a massive (and seemingly isolated) elliptical galaxy. The spectroscopic follow-up at the VLT reveals a 2L* galaxy at z = 0.986, which is lensing a post-starburst galaxy at z

Keywords

Keywords: Chromosomes; Diffusion; Galaxies; Isotherms; Lenses; Light absorption; Photometry; Spectroscopic analysis; Cosmology:observations; Ellipticals; Evolution; FOR J0332-3557; Galaxies:high-redshift; Gravitational lensing; Astrophysics Cosmology: observations; Ellipticals; Evolution; FOR J0332-3557; Galaxies: high-redshift; Gravitational lensing

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/80604

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1051/0004-6361:200500115