Variability of 5 gravitationally lensed QSOs

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We have searched for microlensing variability in the light curves of five gravitationally lensed quasars with well-determined time delays: SBS 1520+530, FBQ 0951+2635, RX J0911+0551, B1600+434 and HE 2149-2745. By comparing the light curve of the leading image with a suitably time offset light curve of a trailing image we find that two (SBS 1520+530 and FBQ 0951+2635) out of the five quasars have significant long-term (~ years) and short-term (~100-days) brightness variations that may be attributed to microlensing. The short-term variations may be due to nanolenses 10^-4^-10^-3^M_{sun}_, relativistic hot or cold spots in the quasar accretion disks, or coherent microlensing at large optical depth.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.34559001
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Provenance
Creator Paraficz D.; Hjorth J.; Burud I.; Jakobsson P.; Eliasdottir A.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2006
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysical Processes; Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; High Energy Astrophysics; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy