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arxiv: 1010.3829 · v1 · pith:KHUFFGHWnew · submitted 2010-10-19 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO · gr-qc

Gravitational Lensing

Matthias Bartelmann (Zentrum fuer Astronomie der Universitaet Heidelberg , Institut fuer Theoretische Astrophysik) This is my paper
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Gravitational lensing has developed into one of the most powerful tools for the analysis of the dark universe. This review summarises the theory of gravitational lensing, its main current applications and representative results achieved so far. It has two parts. In the first, starting from the equation of geodesic deviation, the equations of thin and extended gravitational lensing are derived. In the second, gravitational lensing by stars and planets, galaxies, galaxy clusters and large-scale structures is discussed and summarised.

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