{
  "id": "astro-ph/9803159",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1998-03-13T18:15:48.000Z",
  "updated": "1998-03-13T18:15:48.000Z",
  "title": "Q1208+1011: Search for the lensing galaxy",
  "authors": [
    "Aneta Siemiginowska",
    "Jill Bechtold",
    "Thomas L. Aldcroft",
    "K. K. McLeod",
    "Charles R. Keeton"
  ],
  "comment": "Latex 24 pages, 6 figures. accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal",
  "journal": "Astrophys.J. 503 (1998) 118",
  "doi": "10.1086/305983",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a high-resolution spectrum of the high redshift, lensed quasar Q1208+1101, obtained with the echellette spectrograph on the Multiple Mirror Telescope. We examine the new and published spectra and provide an updated list of high-confidence metal-line absorption systems at z=1.1349, 2.8626, 2.9118, 2.9136, 2.9149. Combining this with a simple model of the gravitational lens system allows us to constrain the possible lens redshifts. The high-redshift (z > 2.5) and low-redshift (z < 0.4) candidates can be ruled out with high confidence. The current spectra effectively probe about 40% of the redshift range in which the lens is expected. In that range, there is only one known metal-line absorption system, an MgII absorber at z=1.1349. We consider the possibility that this system is the lensing galaxy and discuss the implied parameters of the galaxy.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1998-03-13T18:15:48.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "lensing galaxy",
      "high-confidence metal-line absorption systems",
      "multiple mirror telescope",
      "gravitational lens system",
      "current spectra effectively probe"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "LaTeX",
      "pages": 24,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 488716
    }
  }
}