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A Mass Model for the Lensing Cluster SDSS J1004+4112: Constraints From the Third Time Delay
R. Forés-toribioJ. A. MuñozC. S. KochanekE. Mediavillasubject
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)Space and Planetary ScienceAstrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)FOS: Physical sciencesAstronomy and AstrophysicsAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsAstrophysics - Astrophysics of GalaxiesAstrophysics::Galaxy AstrophysicsAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysicsdescription
We have built a new model for the lens system SDSS J1004+4112 including the recently measured time delay of the fourth quasar image. This time delay has a strong influence on the inner mass distribution of the lensing cluster ($\rho \propto r^{-\alpha}$) allowing us to determine $\alpha=1.18^{+0.02(+0.11)}_{-0.03(-0.18)}$ at the 68% (95%) confidence level in agreement with hydrodynamical simulations of massive galaxy clusters. We find an offset between the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) and the dark matter halo of $3.8^{+0.6(+1.4)}_{-0.7(-1.3)}$ kpc at 68% (95%) confidence which is compatible with other galaxy cluster measurements. As an observational challenge, the estimated time delay between the leading image C and the faint (I=24.7) fifth image E is roughly 8 yr.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-01 |