Constraints onH0from the Central Velocity Dispersions of Lens Galaxies
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- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 516 (1) , 18-26
- https://doi.org/10.1086/307077
Abstract
We employ Schwarzschild's method of the orbit modeling to constrain the mass profiles of the central lens galaxies in Q0957+561 and PG 1115+080. We combine the measured, central projected stellar velocity dispersions of these galaxies with the self-similar radial profiles of the rms velocity and of the Gauss-Hermite moment h4 observed in nearby galaxies for 0 R 2Reff. For Q0957+561, we find a 16% uncertainty in the galaxy mass and formal 2 σ limits on the Hubble constant of H0=61 km s-1 Mpc-1. For PG 1115+080, we find that none of the viable lens models can be ruled out, so that H0 is not yet strongly constrained by this system.Keywords
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