1999/01/01 by M. Hattori, Makoto Hattori, Jean-Paul Kneib +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Scientific Research and Discoveries #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1143/ptps.133.1
invited review of the journal: Progress of Theoretical Physics (in press) 51 pages - 33 figures
openalex publication_date 1999/01/01 · arxiv created 1999/05/03 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Gravitational lensing in clusters of galaxies is an efficient tool to probe the mass distribution of galaxies and clusters, high redshift objects thanks to the gravitational amplification, and the geometry of the universe. We review some important aspects of cluster lensing and related issues in observational cosmology.