Accretion Disk Size Measurement and Time Delays in the Lensed Quasar WFI 2033-4723
Abstract
We present 13 seasons of R-band photometry of the quadruply lensed quasar WFI 2033-4723 from the 1.3 m SMARTS telescope at CTIO and the 1.2 m Euler Swiss Telescope at La Silla, in which we detect microlensing variability of ∼0.2 mag on a timescale of ∼6 years. 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 λ rest = 2481 Å, assuming a 60° 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 {{Δ }}{t}{{A}1{{A}}2}={t}{{A}1}-{t}{{A}2}=-{3.9}-2.2+3.4 days. 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.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- DOI:
- 10.3847/1538-4357/aaed3e
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1812.05639
- Bibcode:
- 2018ApJ...869..106M
- Keywords:
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- accretion;
- accretion disks;
- gravitational lensing: micro;
- gravitational lensing: strong;
- quasars: individual: WFI 2033–4723;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 20 pages, 9 figures, Accepted by ApJ