Discovery of the lensed quasar system DES J0408-5354

Lin, H.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Agnello, A.; Ostrovski, F.; McMahon, R. G.; Nord, B.; Kuropatkin, N.; Tucker, D. L.; Treu, T.; Chan, J. H. H.; Suyu, S. H.; Diehl, H. T.; Collett, T.; Gill, M. S. S.; More, A.; Amara, A.; Auger, M. W.; Courbin, F.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Frieman, J.; Marshall, P. J.; Meylan, G.; Rusu, C. E.; Abbott, T. M. C.; Abdalla, F. B.; Allam, S.; Banerji, M.; Bechtol, K.; Benoit-Lévy, A.; Bertin, E.; Brooks, D.; Burke, D. L.; Rosell, A. Carnero; Kind, M. Carrasco; Carretero, J.; Castander, F. J.; Crocce, M.; D’Andrea, C. B.; Costa, L. N. da; Desai, S.; Dietrich, J. P.; Eifler, T. F.; Finley, D. A.; Flaugher, B.; Fosalba, P.; García-Bellido, J.; Gaztanaga, E.; Gerdes, D. W.; Goldstein, D. A.; Gruen, D.; Gruendl, R. A.; Gschwend, J.; Gutierrez, G.; Honscheid, K.; James, D. J.; Kuehn, K.; Lahav, O.; Li, T. S.; Lima, M.; Maia, M. A. G.; March, M.; Marshall, J. L.; Martini, P.; Melchior, P.; Menanteau, F.; Miquel, R.; Ogando, R. L. C.; Plazas, A. A.; Romer, A. K.; Sanchez, E.; Schindler, R.; Schubnell, M.; Sevilla-Noarbe, I.; Smith, M.; Smith, R. C.; Sobreira, F.; Suchyta, E.; Swanson, M. E. C.; Tarle, G.; Thomas, D.; Walker, A. R.

doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aa624e

Title: Discovery of the lensed quasar system DES J0408-5354

Journal Article · 27 March 2017 · The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa624e · OSTI ID:1350945

Lin, H.; Buckley-Geer, E.; Agnello, A.; Ostrovski, F.; McMahon, R. G.; Nord, B.; Kuropatkin, N.; Tucker, D. L.; Treu, T.; Chan, J. H. H.; Suyu, S. H.; Diehl, H. T.; Collett, T.; Gill, M. S. S.; More, A.; Amara, A.; Auger, M. W.; Courbin, F.; Fassnacht, C. D.; Frieman, J. more »

Here, we report the discovery and spectroscopic confirmation of the quad-like lensed quasar system DES J0408-5354 found in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 1 (Y1) data. This system was discovered during a search for DES Y1 strong lensing systems using a method that identified candidates as red galaxies with multiple blue neighbors. DES J0408-5354 consists of a central red galaxy surrounded by three bright ($$i\lt 20$$) blue objects and a fourth red object. Subsequent spectroscopic observations using the Gemini South telescope confirmed that the three blue objects are indeed the lensed images of a quasar with redshift z = 2.375, and that the central red object is an early-type lensing galaxy with redshift z = 0.597. DES J0408-5354 is the first quad lensed quasar system to be found in DES and begins to demonstrate the potential of DES to discover and dramatically increase the sample size of these very rare objects.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE

Contributing Organization:: DES Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC02-07CH11359; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1350945

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1345606; OSTI ID: 1360907

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-17-029-AE-CD; arXiv:1702.00072; KJ0402000; KJ0503000; ERKJ311; ERKJEPM; TRN: US1700581

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online), Vol. 838, Issue 2; ISSN 2041-8213

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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