Low-frequency VLBI observations of the gravitational lens 0218+357

Talk given at the Nederlandse Astronomenconferentie 2006 on Ameland, 10 May 2006

O. Wucknitz [1]

  1. Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands

Abstract

B0218+357 is one of the most interesting gravitational lens systems we know. Radio maps show two bright core images plus a highly structured Einstein ring, being caused by the multiply imaged and distorted jet of the background source. Recently the time delay of this system has been used to determine the Hubble constant with high accuracy. In this talk I present new observations which for the first time show the structure of the radio ring with VLBI techniques at high resolution. The data will be used to improve the lens models and to investigate effects of the ISM of the lensing galaxy on the radiation from the background source. The lens effect provides two images of one and the same background sources. Any differences not being explained by the lens effect must be due to differences in the ISM properties along the two lines of sight.




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