Bibcode
Mediavilla, E.
Bibliographical reference
HST Proposal ID #9380
Advertised on:
7
2002
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Description
The study of extragalactic extinction laws is of paramount importance as
it plays a key role in galaxy evolution, as well as for the
determination of the cosmological parameters, for example using SNe. We
propose to utilize a new technique based on flux measurements of
gravitationally lensed, multiply-imaged QSOs to estimate the extinction
law of the lensing galaxy. Here we propose a pilot project of STIS
observations of the doubly-imaged QSO SBS 0909+532 with a separation
between images of 1.1 arcsec. Our goal would be to determine the
extinction law at UV wavelengths in the lens galaxy {z=0.83}. In a study
that is the first of this type, we have obtained ground-based Integral
Field Spectroscopy {IFS} data in the region of the 2175Angstrom PAH bump
for SBS 0909+532. Our proposed observations will allow us to complete
and extend the extinction law farther in the UV. Such observations would
be impossible from the ground because they extend too far into the UV,
and HST is the only instrument available with the necessary spatial
resolution and sensitivity.