SMARTS & Euler R-band monitoring of WFI J2033-4723

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We present 13 seasons of R-band photometry of the quadruply lensed quasar WFI J2033-4723 from the 1.3m SMARTS telescope at CTIO and the 1.2m Euler Swiss Telescope at La Silla, in which we detect microlensing variability of ~0.2mag on a timescale of ~6yrs. Using a Bayesian Monte Carlo technique, we analyze the microlensing signal to obtain a measurement of the size of this system's accretion disk of log(r_s_/cm)=15.86_-0.27_^+0.25^ at {lambda}rest=2481{AA}, assuming a 60{deg} inclination angle. We confirm previous measurements of the BC and AB time delays, and we obtain a tentative measurement of the delay between the closely spaced A1 and A2 images of {Delta}t_A1A2_=t_A1_-t_A2_=-3.9_-2.2_^+3.4^d. We conclude with an update to the Quasar Accretion Disk Size-Black Hole Mass Relation, in which we confirm that the accretion disk size predictions from simple thin disk theory are too small.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18690106
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/869/106
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Provenance
Creator Morgan C.W.; Hyer G.E.; Bonvin V.; Mosquera A.M.; Cornachione M.,Courbin F.; Kochanek C.S.; Falco E.E.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2019
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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