Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jul 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988mnras.233..265p&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 233, July 15, 1988, p. 265-284. SERC-supported research
Statistics
Computation
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Gravitational Lenses, Images, Mass Distribution, Point Sources, Space Density, Caustics (Optics), Computational Astrophysics, Conjugate Points, Focusing
Scientific paper
The conditions for the production of multiple images by an arbitrary (thick or thin) gravitational lens are studied. The authors show that the necessary and sufficient conditions for the production of multiple images by a lens is the following: The lens should produce a point conjugate to the observer, along some null geodesic, at an affine distance smaller than that of the source. It is shown that previous results on multiple imaging by thin lenses can be obtained as a special case. The authors also show that a thick lens cannot be more efficient than a suitably designed thin lens for the production of multiple images.
Padmanabhan Thanu
Subramanian Kandaswamy
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