Amplification near gravitational lens caustics
Abstract
A simple analytical expression for the flux factor K of the amplification near caustics of gravitational lenses is derived. Some applications of K are discussed.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- August 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989A&A...221....1K
- Keywords:
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- Caustics (Optics);
- Gravitational Lenses;
- Quasars;
- Computational Astrophysics;
- Flux Quantization;
- Gravitational Fields;
- Relativistic Theory;
- Astrophysics