Observed magnitudes of many quasars with redshifts exceeding z = 5 correspond to luminosities Lbol > 1014 L⊙. The
standard mechanism of quasar energy release by accretion suggests that masses of superluminous quasars should exceed
1010 M⊙. On the other hand, the age of these objects in the standard cosmological model is below one billion years, which
is too short to explain their formation in the early Universe. Many quasars are known to be gravitationally lensed; showing
multiple images of the same object. In the case of remote quasars with no multiple images, it is still possible that they are
also gravitationally lensed by foreground objects of intermediate masses, such as globular clusters or dwarf galaxies. Such
mesolensing would result in essential amplification of quasar brightnesses, subject to geometrical configuration between
the lens and the lensed object. Here we estimate the fraction of quasars whose brightness might have been amplified by
gravitational lensing.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAstronomy at the epoch of multimessenger studies
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the VAK-2021 conference, Aug 23–28, 2021
Place of PublicationM
PublisherJanus-K
Pages392-394
ISBN (Print)9785803708483
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
EventВсероссийская астрономическая конференция 2021 "Астрономия в эпоху многоканальных исследований": «Астрономия в эпоху многоканальных исследований» - Государственный астрономический институт имени П.К. Штернберга Московского государственного университета имени М.В.Ломоносова, Москва, Russian Federation
Duration: 23 Aug 202128 Aug 2021
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Conference

ConferenceВсероссийская астрономическая конференция 2021 "Астрономия в эпоху многоканальных исследований"
Abbreviated titleВАК-2021
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityМосква
Period23/08/2128/08/21
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