A Robust Determination of the Size of Quasar Accretion Disks Using Gravitational Microlensing
Using microlensing measurements for a sample of 27 image pairs of 19 lensed quasars we determine a maximum likelihood estimate for the accretion disk size of an average quasar of rs = 4.0+2.4 - 3.1 lt-day at rest frame langλrang = 1736 Å for microlenses with a mean mass of langMrang = 0.3 M &sun;. This value, in good agreement with previous results
Jiménez-Vicente, J. et al.
Fecha de publicación:
6
2012