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Adaptive Optics Observations of B0128+437: A Low-mass, High-redshift Gravitational Lens

  • Authors: David J. Lagattuta, Matthew W. Auger, and Christopher D. Fassnacht

LAGATTUTA, AUGER, & FASSNACHT 2010 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 716 L185.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 2.

Inference on the stellar age of the lensing galaxy by comparing the observed magnitude ( Kp = 22.15) with M05 models of varying ages. The solid (dotted) curves represent a stellar fraction f * = 1 ( f * = 0.9), while the vertical dashed lines denote the age of the universe at the assumed lens redshift. The two sets of curves represent lens redshifts of z l = 1.145 (black) and z l = 0.645 (red); the lens redshift z l = 0.218 leads to stellar population ages older than the age of the universe at that redshift for f * > 0.3.

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