Lectures on Gravitational Lensing
Astrophysics
2009-09-25 v2
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9606001,
title = {Lectures on Gravitational Lensing},
author = {Ramesh Narayan and Matthias Bartelmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9606001},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
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