A partially occulting MACHO-microlensing event in the Twin Quasar Q0957+561
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| Publication date | 06-2017 |
| Journal | Fortschritte der Physik |
| Article number | 1600107 |
| Volume | Issue number | 65 | 6-8 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
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| Abstract |
A doubly-peaked quasar microlensing event in the lensed Twin Quasar Q0957+561 A,B (Colley and Schild 2003) is analysed within several lensing models. In the most realistic model a lens resolves in image B the ellipse shaped, bright inner rim of the quasar's accretion disk, intersecting it twice. This lens weighs 0.5 Earth mass and is located inside the Galaxy, at 3 kpc distance. During the passing, it partially occults the source, which allows to describe it as a primordial gas cloud of 1.4 Solar radius and 17 K temperature, in accordance with the theory of Gravitational Hydrodynamics. Lensing by such objects against the Magellanic Clouds and Galactic centre will also lead to occultation dips. |
| Document type | Article |
| Note | Part of special Issue: Topical issue – International Conference Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics Prague, Czech Republic 27 July – 1 August 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1002/prop.201600107 |
| Other links | https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85020659053 |
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