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Microlensing variability in time-delay quasars

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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 455, Issue 1, Pages L1-L4

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EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065502

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gravitational lensing

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We have searched for microlensing variability in the light curves of five gravitationally lensed quasars with well-determined time delays: SBS 1520+530, FBQ 0951+2635, RX J0911+0551, B1600+434 and HE 2149-2745. By comparing the light curve of the leading image with a suitably time offset light curve of a trailing image we find that two (SBS 1520+530 and FBQ 0951+2635) out of the five quasars have significant long-term (similar to years) and short-term (similar to 100 days) brightness variations that may be attributed to microlensing. The short-term variations may be due to nanolenses 10(-4) - 10(-3) M-circle dot, relativistic hot or cold spots in the quasar accretion disks, or coherent microlensing at large optical depth.

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