Constraints in the lambda₀-Omega₀ plane from gravitational lensing

2000/11/01 by Phillip Helbig, Helbig, Phillip
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0011031

10 pages, LateX, 4 PostScript plots included in 3 figures; invited contribution to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 201 `New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters' (A. Lasenby and A. Wilkinson, eds.). Related papers at http://gladia.astro.rug.nl:8000/ceres/papers/papers.html . Paper version available on request

Abstract

I review simultaneous constraints on the cosmological parameters lambda₀ and Omega₀ from gravitational lensing. The emphasis is on systematic extragalactic surveys for strong gravitational lenses, mainly the largest and best-defined such survey, JVAS/CLASS.

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