Properties of Faint Distant Galaxies as seen through Gravitational Telescopes
Abstract
This paper reviews the most recent developments related to the use of lensing clusters of galaxies as Gravitational Telescopes in deep Universe studies. We summarize the state of the art and the most recent results aiming at studying the physical properties of distant galaxies beyond the limits of conventional spectroscopy. The application of photometric redshift techniques in the context of gravitational lensing is emphasized for the study of both lensing structures and the background population of lensed galaxies. A presently ongoing search for the first building blocks of galaxies behind lensing clusters is presented and discussed.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0305229,
title = {Properties of Faint Distant Galaxies as seen through Gravitational Telescopes},
author = {R. Pello and T. Contini and M. Lemoine-Busserolle and J. Richard and J. P. Kneib and J. F. Le Borgne and D. Schaerer and M. Bolzonella},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0305229},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Review lecture given at "Gravitational Lensing: a unique tool for cosmology",Aussois, France, January 2003. To appear in ASP Conf. S., eds. D. Valls-Gabaud & J.-P. Kneib, 26 pages, 8 figures