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Optical observations of gravitational lenses

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Gravitational Lenses

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We report here on some of the major developments achieved on optical observations of gravitational lenses since the last conference devoted to “Gravitational Lensing” (Toulouse, September 1989). After describing the main surveys and photometric monitorings which are being carried out in the form of systematic searches for gravitational lensing effects, we review the optical observations published during the last two years for selected individual cases (essentially multiply imaged quasars and micro-lensed candidates. Preliminary results of lensing statistics applied to a sample of more than 200 highly luminous quasars are then presented both for the effectiveness parameter F of galaxies and for the density parameter Ω L of compact lenses to produce macro-lensed images of distant quasars.

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  1. Institut d'Astrophysique, Université de Liège, Avenue de Cointe, 5, B-4000, Liège, Belgium

    J. Surdej, J. F. Claeskens & D. Hutsemékers

  2. ST-ECF, European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild Str. 2, D-8046, Garching bei München, Germany

    B. Pirenne

  3. “Maitre de Recherches au FNRS”, Belgium

    J. Surdej

  4. “Chercheur Qualifié au FNRS”, Belgium

    P. Magain

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Surdej, J., Claeskens, J.F., Hutsemékers, D., Magain, P., Pirenne, B. (1992). Optical observations of gravitational lenses. In: Kayser, R., Schramm, T., Nieser, L. (eds) Gravitational Lenses. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 406. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55797-0_77

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