Selection effects in optical surveys for gravitational lenses

Details Selection effects in optical surveys for gravitational lenses Selection effects in optical surveys for gravitational lenses

Oct 1991

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 379, Oct. 1, 1991, p. 517-531. Research supported by University of Californ

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Gravitational Lenses, Quasars, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Visual Observation, Astronomical Catalogs, Astronomical Models, Computational Astrophysics

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The consequences of the various selection effects are examined by applying models for the procedures used in quasar surveys to synthetic catalogs of lenses. The effects of various standard procedures used in generating quasar catalogs on the lensed subsample of the quasars are discussed, along with the efficiency and completeness of the APM lens survey. The paper then summarises the limits these problems place on the conclusions that can be drawn from the statistics of gravitational lenses, and considers how future lens surveys might be optimized to avoid some of the losses implicit in existing catalogs.

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