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An Optical Imaging Search for Gravitational Lenses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

S. Djorgovski  and
G. Meylan
S. Djorgovski
Affiliation:
Palomar Observatory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
G. Meylan
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, D-8046 Garching bei München, FRG

Abstract

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We are conducting an optical imaging search for gravitational lenses. A sample of known quasars was selected on the basis of high redshifts and apparently large absolute luminosities; these selection criteria significantly enhance the probability that a given QSO is gravitationally magnified. Our search has yielded so far at least one lensed QSO, and several promissing candidates.

Type
Part 4: Black Holes, Accretion Disks and Gravitational Lenses
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 134: Active Galactic Nuclei , 1989 , pp. 269 - 270
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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