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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 574, 期 2, 页码 719-725出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/341118
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dust, extinction; gravitational lensing; quasars : individual (SBS 0909+532)
We determine the extinction curve in the z(l) = 0.83 lens galaxy of the gravitational lens SBS 0909+532 from the wavelength dependence of the flux ratio between the lensed quasar images (z(s) = 1.38) from 3400 to 9200 Angstrom. It is the first measurement of an extinction curve at a cosmological distance of comparable quality to those obtained within the Galaxy. The extinction curve has a strong 2175 Angstrom feature, a noteworthy fact because it has been weak or nonexistent in most estimates of extinction curves outside the Galaxy. The extinction curve is fitted well by a standard R-V = 2.1 +/- 0.9 Galactic extinction curve. If we assume standard Galactic extinction laws, the estimated dust redshift of z = 0.88 +/- 0.02 is in good agreement with the spectroscopic redshift of the lens galaxy. The widespread assumption that SMC extinction curves are more appropriate models for cosmological dust may be incorrect.
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