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Gravitational Lensing

Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Toulouse, France September 13–15, 1989

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 360)

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Table of contents (49 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Pictures of gravitational lensing

    • Rajaram Nityananda
    Pages 1-12
  3. Cosmic gravitational diagnostics

    • Israel Kovner
    Pages 16-28
  4. Statistics of lensing on extended sources

    • Stéphane Marchandon
    Pages 51-53
  5. Quasar-galaxy associations

    • Rachel L. Webster, Paul C. Hewett
    Pages 73-82
  6. A search for gravitational lensing among highly luminous quasars : observational strategy and survey

    • J.P. Swings, P. Magain, M. Remy, J. Surdej, A. Smette, D. Hutsemekers et al.
    Pages 83-87
  7. A search for gravitational lensing among highly luminous quasars: new results

    • P. Magain, M. Remy, J. Surdej, J. -P. Swings, A. Smette
    Pages 88-92
  8. 0957+561: The time delay revisited

    • E. E. Falco, I. I. Shapiro, J. H. Krolik
    Pages 96-101
  9. Evolution and gravitational lensing in quasar absorption line systems

    • Peter A. Thomas, Rachel L. Webster
    Pages 117-121
  10. Preliminary analysis of high-resolution spectra for UM 673 A & B

    • A. Smette, J. Surdej, P. A. Shaver, C. B. Foltz, F. H. Chaffee Jr, P. Magain
    Pages 122-123

About this book

This is an exhaustive review of our theoretical and observational knowledge of gravitational lensing 10 years after the discovery of the first lensed quasar, Q0957+561. Gravitational optics, optical, infrared, and radio observations of quasar-lens candidates, microlensing, arcs in clusters of galaxies, and radio rings are presented. In particular, the continuing survey of quasar-lens candidates, the new measurement of the time delay in 0957+561, the suspended microlensing effect through the galaxy 2237+030, as well as the discovery of new arcs and the measurement of new redshifts for two of them are presented. Numerous papers on the modelling of arcs and rings show how it should be possible to probe dark matter with these unexpected gravitational telescopes. Finally, tables summarize all the lens candidates we know today.

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