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New optical and MERLIN images of the quadruple gravitational lens B1422+231

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

C. E. Akujor
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
A. R. Patnaik
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
J. V. Smoker
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Labs, Jodrell Bank, U.K.
S. T. Garrington
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Labs, Jodrell Bank, U.K.

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B1422+231, a multiple component quasar at a redshift of 3.62, is believed to be a gravitationally lensed system (Patnaik et al. 1992). It has 4 components with maximum image separation of 1.3 arcsec. The three brighter components, A, B and C have similar polarization properties at 8.4 GHz. The radio spectra between 5 and 8.4 GHz of A, B and C are similar; since D is very weak its spectrum is not accurately determined.

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Chapter 9: Observational Developments
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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