dc.contributor.author | Pooley, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Blackburne, Jeffrey A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Schechter, Paul L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wambsganss, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rappaport, Saul A | |
dc.contributor.author | Schwab, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-03-17T13:36:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-03-17T13:36:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-05 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2008-08 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1538-4357 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0004-637X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52645 | |
dc.description.abstract | We determine the most likely dark-matter fraction in the elliptical galaxy quadruply lensing the quasar PG 1115+080 based on analyses of the X-ray fluxes of the individual images in 2000 and 2008. Between the two epochs, the A[subscript 2] image of PG 1115+080 brightened relative to the other images by a factor of 6 in X-rays. We argue that the A[subscript 2] image had been highly demagnified in 2000 by stellar microlensing in the intervening galaxy and has recently crossed a caustic, thereby creating a new pair of microimages and brightening in the process. Over the same period, the A[subscript 2] image has brightened by a factor of only 1.2 in the optical. The most likely ratio of smooth material (dark matter) to clumpy material (stars) in the lensing galaxy to explain the observations is ~90% of the matter in a smooth dark-matter component and ~10% in stars. | en |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Astronomical Society | en |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1892 | en |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en |
dc.source | S. Rappaport | en |
dc.title | THE DARK-MATTER FRACTION IN THE ELLIPTICAL GALAXY LENSING THE QUASAR PG 1115+080 | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Pooley, D. et al. “THE DARK-MATTER FRACTION IN THE ELLIPTICAL GALAXY LENSING THE QUASAR PG 1115+080.” The Astrophysical Journal 697.2 (2009): 1892. © 2009 The American Astronomical Society | en |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research | en_US |
dc.contributor.approver | Rappaport, Saul A. | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Blackburne, Jeffrey A. | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Rappaport, Saul A. | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Schechter, Paul L. | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Schwab, Josiah | |
dc.relation.journal | Astrophysical Journal | en |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en |
dspace.orderedauthors | Pooley, D.; Rappaport, S.; Blackburne, J.; Schechter, P. L.; Schwab, J.; Wambsganss, J. | en |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5665-4172 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-5569 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |