Author ORCID Identifier
Stern, Daniel: 0000-0003-2686-9241
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Abstract
Combining the exquisite angular resolution of Gaia with optical light curves and WISE photometry, the Gaia Gravitational Lenses group (GraL) uses machine-learning techniques to identify candidate strongly lensed quasars, and has confirmed over two dozen new strongly lensed quasars from the Gaia Data Release 2. This paper reports on the 12 quadruply imaged quasars identified by this effort to date, which is a similar to 20% increase in the total number of confirmed quadruply imaged quasars. We discuss the candidate selection, spectroscopic follow-up, and lens modeling. We also report our spectroscopic failures as an aid for future investigations.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Astrophysical Journal
Recommended Citation
Stern, D., Djorgovski, S. G., Krone-Martins, A., Sluse, D., Stern, D., Ducourant, C., Teixeira, R., Surdej, J., Boehm, C., den, B. r., J, D. o., D, D. r., A, G. a., L, G. r., MJ, J. a., P, K. l., J, L. l., Campion, J. F., Mahabal, A., Mignard, F., Murphy, T., Nierenberg, A., Scarano, S., Simon, J., Slezak, J., Spindola-Duarte, C., & Wambsganss, J. (2021). Gaia Gral: Gaia Dr2 Gravitational Lens Systems. Vi. Spectroscopic Confirmation And Modeling Of Quadruply Imaged Lensed Quasars. Astrophysical Journal, 921 (1) https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac0f04