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Gravitational Lensing

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Deflection angle Introduction to <strong>Gravitational</strong> <strong>Lensing</strong><br />

Weak lensing<br />

Applications<br />

• Th The most common type of f<br />

gravitational lensing.<br />

• Line of sight is large.<br />

• The deflection of light is very slight.<br />

• No multiple images but distortion<br />

• No multiple images but distortion,<br />

shearing, rotation and magnification.

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