Bibcode
DOI
Mediavilla, E.; Arribas, S.; del Burgo, C.; Oscoz, A.; Serra-Ricart, M.; Alcalde, D.; Falco, E. E.; Goicoechea, L. J.; Garcia-Lorenzo, B.; Buitrago, J.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astrophysical Journal Letters v.503, p.L27
Fecha de publicación:
8
1998
Número de citas
35
Número de citas referidas
30
Descripción
We present two-dimensional spectroscopy of the gravitational lens system
Q2237+0305 (Einstein Cross) obtained with the INTEGRAL fiber system in
subarcsecond seeing conditions. The four components of the system appear
clearly separated in the continuum intensity maps. However, the
intensity map of the C III] lambda 1909 line exhibits an arc of extended
emission connecting the A, D, and B components. This result can be
explained if, as is usually assumed, the continuum arises from a compact
source <~0.05 pc in extent in the nucleus of the object while the
line emission comes from a much larger region. A lens model fitted to
the positions of the four compact images also accounts for the arc
morphology. In the framework of this model, the region generating the C
III] lambda 1909 emission would have dimensions of about 400 h-1 pc
across. We interpret the observed arc as a gravitational lens image of
the extended narrow line region of the source.