J/A+A/641/L2ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/641/L2doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.36419002CDSMuller S.Jaswanth S.. Horellou C.Marti-Vidal I.2021-04-08T14:34:34Z2020-09-01T09:22:36ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frquasarsgravitational-lensingradio-sourcesStrong gravitational lensing distorts our view of sources at cosmological distances but brings invaluable constraints on the mass content of foreground objects and on the geometry and properties of the Universe. We report the detection of a third continuum source toward the strongly lensed quasar PKS 1830-211 in ALMA multi-frequency observations of high dynamic range and high angular resolution. This third source is point-like and located slightly to the north of the diagonal joining the two main lensed images, A and B, 0.3" away from image B. It has a flux density that is 140 times weaker than images A and B and a similar spectral index, compatible with synchrotron emission. We conclude that this source is most likely the expected highly de-magnified third lensed image of the quasar. In addition, we detect, for the first time at millimeter wavelengths, weak and asymmetrical extensions departing from images A and B that correspond to the brightest regions of the Einstein ring seen at centimeter wavelengths. Their spectral index is steeper than that of compact images A, B, and C, which suggests that they arise from a different component of the quasar. Using the GravLens code, we explore the implications of our findings on the lensing model and propose a simple model that accurately reproduces our ALMA data and previous VLA observations. With a more precise and accurate measurement of the time delay between images A and B, the system PKS 1830-211 could help to constrain the Hubble constant to a precision of a few percent.2020A&A...641L...2Mhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/641/L2CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicehttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/641/L2https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/641/L2http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/641/L2https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/641/L2https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/641/L2http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/641/L2GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/A+A/641/L2/list (List of fits images)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/641/L2/list?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/641/L2/list?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/641/L2/list?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true278.41633-21.061080.0055555555555555566/29072https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/A+A/641/L2?format=asciiRadiodefaultJ/A+A/641/L2/listList of fits imagesrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintRAJ2000Right Ascension of center (J2000)degpos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Declination of center (J2000)degpos.eq.dec;meta.mainNxNumber of pixels along X-axismeta.numberintNyNumber of pixels along Y-axismeta.numberintObs.dateObservation datestime.epoch;obsnullableFreqObserved frequencyGHzem.freqfloatsizeSize of FITS fileKibytephys.size;meta.fitsintFileNameName of FITS file, in subdirectory fitsmeta.id;meta.fitscharTitleTitle of the FITS filemeta.title;meta.fitschar