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    Microlensing of the broad-line region in the quadruply imaged quasar HE0435-1223
    (2014) Braibant, L.; Hutsemekers, D.; Sluse, D.; Anguita, T.; Garcia-Vergara, C. J.
    Using infrared spectra of the z = 1.693 quadruply lensed quasar HE0435-1223 acquired in 2009 with the spectrograph SINFONI at the ESO Very Large Telescope, we have detected a clear microlensing effect in images A and D. While microlensing affects the blue and red wings of the H alpha line profile in image D very differently, it de-magnifies the line core in image A. The combination of these different effects sets constraints on the line-emitting region; these constraints suggest that a rotating ring is at the origin of the H alpha line. Visible spectra obtained in 2004 and 2012 indicate that the MgII line profile is microlensed in the same way as the H alpha line. Our results therefore favour flattened geometries for the low-ionization line-emitting region, for example, a Keplerian disk. Biconical models cannot be ruled out but require more fine-tuning. Flux ratios between the different images are also derived and confirm flux anomalies with respect to estimates from lens models with smooth mass distributions.