Lectures on Gravitational Lensing

Abstract

These lectures give an introduction to Gravitational Lensing. We discuss lensing by point masses, lensing by galaxies, and lensing by clusters and larger-scale structures in the Universe. The relevant theory is developed and applications to astrophysical problems are discussed.

revised version: references updated, some new results included; 53 pages without any figures; complete versions can be found at http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/Lenses/Preprints/JeruLect.html

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• Constraints on cosmological models from strong gravitational lensing systems
• Structure Formation and Microlensing with Axion Miniclusters
• Boson Stars as Gravitational Lenses
• The edge-on spiral gravitational lens B1600+434
• The Universal Einstein Radius Distribution from 10,000 SDSS Clusters
• Boson stars with generic self-interactions
• Light deflection in Weyl gravity: constraints on the linear parameter
• Transition Redshift: New constraints from parametric and nonparametric methods
• Tests of Dark MACHOs: Lensing, Accretion, and Glow
• Incompatibility of Rotation Curves with Gravitational Lensing for TeVeS
• Microlensing constraints on axion stars including finite lens and source size effects
• Bending angle of light in equatorial plane of Kerr-Sen Black Hole
• Strong Gravitational Lensing in a Charged Squashed Kaluza- Klein Black hole
• Mirror dark matter discovered?
• Comparison of cosmological models using standard rulers and candles
• Gravitational lensing potential reconstruction in quadruply imaged systems
• Gravitational Lensing Effects of Fermion-Fermion Stars: I. Strong Field Case
• Braneworld Black Holes
• Cosmic Time Slip: Testing Gravity on Supergalactic Scales with Strong-Lensing Time Delays
• Probing Gravitational Slip with Strongly Lensed Fast Radio Bursts
• Some astrophysical implications of dark matter and gas profiles in a new galaxy clusters model
• Strong-field gravitational lensing by black holes
• Filter Induced Bias in Lyα Emitter Surveys: A Comparison Between Standard and Tunable Filters. Gran Telescopio Canarias Preliminary Results
• The Ring Produced by an Extra-Galactic Superbubble in Flat Cosmology
• Comparison of Strong Gravitational Lens Model Software I. Time delay and mass calculations are sensitive to changes in redshift and are model dependent
• On Strong Gravitational Lensing in Rotating Galactic Space-times
• Number counts and redshift distribution of gravitational arclets as a probe of galaxy evolution
• Modeling the microlensing of circumbinary systems
• On the number of zeros of certain rational harmonic functions
• From Solar Eclipse of 1919 to the Spectacle of Gravitational Lensing
• Studying Both the Universe and Neutrinos Themselves Using Cosmic and Astrophysical Neutrinos
• Strong Lensing, dark matter and H_0 estimate
• First Steps Toward a Method for Estimating Cosmological Parameters using Strong Lensing, X-ray and Dynamics Total Mass Estimates