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The FIRST Efficient Gravitational Lens Survey

1999/08/31 by J. Lehar, A. Buchalter, Lehar, J. +11
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9908353

submitted to "Gravitational Lensing: Recent progress and Future Goals", eds: T.Brainerd and C.Kochanek, ASP Conf Series. 2 pages, 1 PS figure. LaTex using paspman.tex, psfig2.tex

arxiv created 1999/08/31 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We have found three gravitational lenses (two are new) by observing 34 likely FIRST radio lobes with APM galaxy counterparts. We expect to find ∼30 such lenses in over the next few years, which will significantly improve lensing constraints on galaxy structure and cosmology.

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