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2011ApJ...740L..34C - Astrophys. J., 740, L34 (2011/October-3)

Discovery of energy-dependent X-ray microlensing in Q2237+0305.

CHEN B., DAI X., KOCHANEK C.S., CHARTAS G., BLACKBURNE J.A. and KOZLOWSKI S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present our long-term Chandra X-ray monitoring data for the gravitationally lensed quasar Q2237+0305 with 20 epochs spanning 10 years. We easily detect microlensing variability between the images in the full (0.2-8 keV), soft (0.2-2 keV), and hard (2-8 keV) bands at very high confidence. We also detect, for the first time, chromatic microlensing differences between the soft and hard X-ray bands. The hard X-ray band is more strongly microlensed than the soft band, suggesting that the corona above the accretion disk thought to generate the X-rays has a non-uniform electron distribution, in which the hotter and more energetic electrons occupy more compact regions surrounding the black holes. Both the hard and soft X-ray bands are more strongly microlensed than the optical (rest-frame UV) emission, indicating that the X-ray emission is more compact than the optical, confirming the microlensing results from other lenses.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - black hole physics - gravitational lensing: micro - gravitational lensing: strong - quasars: individual: Q2237+0305

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/ApJ/740/L34): table1.dat>

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