1993/11/09 by T. Schramm, Schramm, T. · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
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arxiv created 1993/11/09 · openalex publication_date 1993/11/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We introduce a formalism to describe 2D-Potentials for 2D-matter (or charge) distributions with arbitrary elliptical symmetry including varying eccentricity and twisting of the iso-density curves. We use this approach to describe elliptical matter distributions such as elliptical galaxies or clusters as gravitational lenses. Figures are available upon request: [email protected]