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Weak gravitational lensing observations probe the spectrum and evolution of density fluctuations and the cosmological parameters which govern them. The non-linear evolution of large scale structure produces a non-Gaussian signal which is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Asantha Cooray , Wayne Hu

We discuss the gravitational lensing of gravitational wave signals from coalescing binaries. We delineate the regime where wave effects are significant from the regime where geometric limit can be used. Further, we focus on the effect of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-18 Ashish Kumar Meena , J S Bagla

Gravitational wave predicted by General Relativity is the transverse wave of spatial strain. Several gravitational waveform signals from binary black holes and from a binary neutron star system accompanied by electromagnetic counterparts…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-02 Kai Liao , Marek Biesiada , Xi-Long Fan

Wave effects can be important for the gravitational lensing of gravitational waves. In such a case, wave optics must be used in stead of geometric optics. We consider a plane wave entering a lens object and solve numerically the wave…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Teruaki Suyama , Ryuichi Takahashi , Shugo Michikoshi

Utilizing gravitational-wave (GW) lensing opens a new way to understand the small-scale structure of the universe. We show that, in spite of its coarse angular resolution and short duration of observation, LIGO can detect the GW lensing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-06 Sunghoon Jung , Chang Sub Shin

Gravitational waves propagate along null geodesics like light rays in the geometrical optics approximation, and they may have a chance to suffer from gravitational lensing by intervening objects, as is the case for electromagnetic waves.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-10-12 Yousuke Itoh , Toshifumi Futamase , Makoto Hattori

Gravitational waves emitted from compact binary coalescence can be subject to wave diffraction if they are gravitationally lensed by an intervening mass clump whose Schwarzschild timescale matches the wave period. Waves in the ground-based…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-28 Liang Dai , Shun-Sheng Li , Barak Zackay , Shude Mao , Youjun Lu

Gravitational waves (GWs) offer a new observational window into the universe, providing insights into compact objects and cosmic structures. Gravitational lensing, commonly studied in electromagnetic waves, also affects GWs, introducing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-25 Xing-Yu Yang , Tan Chen , Rong-Gen Cai

Strong gravitational lensing of gravitational waves (GWs) occurs when the GWs from a compact binary system travel near a massive object. The mismatch between a lensed signal and unlensed templates determines whether lensing can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-24 Saif Ali , Evangelos Stoikos , Evan Meade , Michael Kesden , Lindsay King

Gravitational waves (GWs) exhibit wave-optics effects when their wavelength is comparable to the scale of the gravitational lens. This may occur in lensing from galactic subhalos in GWs emitted by binary black-hole mergers, and is gaining…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-16 Nino Ephremidze , Marc Kamionkowski , Cora Dvorkin

Wave Dark Matter (WaveDM) has recently gained attention as a viable candidate to account for the dark matter content of the Universe. In this paper we explore the extent to which dark matter halos in this model, and under what conditions,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-08 Antonio Herrera-Martín , Martin Hendry , Alma X. Gonzalez-Morales , L. Arturo Ureña-López

Current theories of structure formation predict specific density profiles of galaxy dark matter haloes, and with weak gravitational lensing we can probe these profiles on several scales. On small scales, higher-order shape distortions known…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Malin Velander , Konrad Kuijken , Tim Schrabback

Gravitational waves (GWs) are unique messengers as they travel through the Universe without alteration except for gravitational lensing. Their long wavelengths make them susceptible to diffraction by cosmic structures, providing an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-12 Juno C. L. Chan , Jose María Ezquiaga , Rico K. L. Lo , Joey Bowman , Lorena Magaña Zertuche , Luka Vujeva

Weak gravitational lensing provides a unique method to directly map the dark matter in the universe and measure cosmological parameters. Current weak lensing surveys are limited by the atmospheric seeing from the ground and by the small…

When gravitational waves propagate near massive objects, their paths curve resulting in gravitational lensing, which is expected to be a promising new instrument in astrophysics. If the time delay between different paths is comparable with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-14 Oleg Bulashenko , Helena Ubach

Strong gravitational lensing is a gravitational wave (GW) propagation effect that influences the inferred GW source parameters and the cosmological environment. Identifying strongly-lensed GW images is challenging as waveform amplitude…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-02 Yijun Wang , Rico K. L. Lo , Alvin K. Y. Li , Yanbei Chen

Weak lensing is the distortion (polarization) of images of distant objects, such as high redshift galaxies, by gravitational fields in the limit where the distortion is small. Gravitational potential fluctuations due to large scale…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Jens Verner Villumsen

In the gravitational lensing of gravitational waves, the wave optics should be used instead of the geometrical optics when the wavelength $\lambda$ of the gravitational waves is longer than the Schwarzschild radius of the lens mass $M_L$.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ryuichi Takahashi , Takashi Nakamura

Gravitational waves (GW), as light, are gravitationally lensed by intervening matter, deflecting their trajectories, delaying their arrival and occasionally producing multiple images. In theories beyond general relativity (GR), new…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-04 Jose María Ezquiaga , Miguel Zumalacárregui

Weak gravitational lensing is a unique probe of the dark side of the universe: it provides a direct way to map the distribution of dark matter around galaxies, clusters of galaxies and on cosmological scales. Furthermore, the measurement of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-07 Henk Hoekstra , Bhuvnesh Jain