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Gravitational Lensing Limits on Early-Type Galaxies

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Gravitational lenses are a unique new constraint on the structure of galaxies. We review the evidence that most lenses are early-type galaxies, the optical properties of the lens galaxies, the evidence against constant M/L models, recent work on the axis ratios of the mass distribution, and the role stellar dynamics plays in gravitational lensing.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9611217,
  title  = {Gravitational Lensing Limits on Early-Type Galaxies},
  author = {C. S. Kochanek and C. R. Keeton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9611217},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, 6 figures Proc. of the Second Stromlo Symposium, The Nature of Elliptical Galaxies

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