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2012ApJ...755...24C - Astrophys. J., 755, 24 (2012/August-2)

X-ray monitoring of gravitational lenses with Chandra.

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

Abstract (from CDS):

We present Chandra monitoring data for six gravitationally lensed quasars: QJ 0158-4325, HE 0435-1223, SDSS 0924+0219, SDSS 1004+4112, HE 1104-1805, and Q 2237+0305. X-ray microlensing variability is detected in all six lenses with high confidence. We furthermore detect energy-dependent microlensing in HE 0435-1223, SDSS 0924+0219, SDSS 1004+4112, and Q 2237+0305. Through a detailed spectral analysis for each lens we find that simple power-law models plus Gaussian emission lines give good fits to the spectra. We detect intrinsic spectral variability in two epochs of Q 2237+0305, and differential absorption between images in QJ 0158-4325 and Q2237+0305. We also detect the Fe Kα emission line in all six lenses, and the Ni XXVII Kα line in two images of Q 2237+0305. The rest-frame equivalent widths of the Fe Kα lines are measured to be 0.4-1.2 keV, significantly higher than those measured in typical active galactic nuclei of similar X-ray luminosities. This suggests that the Fe Kα emission region is more compact or centrally concentrated than the continuum emission region.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - black hole physics - gravitational lensing: micro - quasars: individual (J0158-4325, HE0435-1223, HE1104-1805, J0924+0219, J1004+4112, 2237+0305)

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