The Optimal Gravitational Lens Telescope
Abstract
Given an observed gravitational lens mirage produced by a foreground deflector (cf. galaxy, quasar, cluster, ...), it is possible via numerical lens inversion to retrieve the real source image, taking full advantage of the magnifying power of the cosmic lens. This has been achieved in the past for several remarkable gravitational lens systems. Instead, we propose here to invert an observed multiply imaged source directly at the telescope using an ad hoc optical instrument which is described in the present paper. Compared to the previous method, this should allow one to detect fainter source features as well as to use such an optimal gravitational lens telescope to explore even fainter objects located behind and near the lens. Laboratory and numerical experiments illustrate this new approach.
Additional Information
© 2010 The American Astronomical Society. Received 2009 November 30; Accepted 2010 March 2; Published 2010 April 8. The authors wish to dedicate the present work to the memory of Prof. Sjur Refsdal (1935–2009) who has been a pioneer in the field of gravitational lensing theory. Sjur Refsdal has also been a very keen friend and collaborator. The authors from the Liège University acknowledge support from the Communauté française de Belgique—Actions de recherche concertées—Académie Universitaire Wallonie-Europe and thank the Faculty of Sciences (Liège University), in particular Prof. J.-M. Bouquegneau, for making a mass production of gravitational lens simulators possible. D.S. acknowledges the support of a Humboldt Fellowship and H.Q. acknowledges partial support from the Belgian F.R.S.-FNRS during his sabbatical stay in the Liège University and the FONDAP Centro de Astrofisica.Attached Files
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- Communauté française de Belgique – Actions de recherche concertées – Académie universitaire Wallonie-Europe
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)
- FONDAP Centro de Astrofisica
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