Abstract
We present Global VLBI and HSA images of the gravitational lens B2016+112 at 18, 6 and 3.6 cm. Previous VLBI observations showed that images A and B (which are clearly lensed images of a single background source) and the elongated region C are each divided into components. Our new high-resolution maps reveal more components in images A and B, clearly demonstrating their expected opposite parities. According to the scenario of Koopmans et al. (2002), the arc-like region C consists of two merging, partial images (``C1-C2'') of just a small region of the same background source, seen with high lens magnification. We have determined the spectra and relative positions of the components within all four images in order to test this scenario. We find that the outer north-west components in images A and B do indeed have radio spectra similar to the components seen in C1 and C2.
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