15/6/2006 ESO (Santiago) Gravitational lensing J. Surdej Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique, ULg.

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Gravitational lensing Gravitational lensing

J. SurdejJ. Surdej

  Institut d’Astrophysique et de Institut d’Astrophysique et de

Géophysique, ULgGéophysique, ULg

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1. Preamble

2. Historical background

3. The optical GL experiment

4. Some observations

5. Other types of mirages

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PREAMBLE:PREAMBLE:

Schematic view of the N-S arm of the Very Large Array (VLA) in Socorro (New Mexico), in the A configuration. The second last antenna, at an approximate dis- tance of 10 km, is not resolved with the naked eye (January 1988).

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PREAMBLE:PREAMBLE:

Due to atmospheric lensing, the second last antenna was doubly imaged and, while it was unresolved with the naked eye, it appeared brighter than the third and fourth last antennas.

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PREAMBLEPREAMBLE

Atmospheric lensing:Atmospheric lensing: (g-h) correspond to two different views of the north-south arm of the Very Large Array at the National Radio Astronomical Observatory (Socorro, New Mexico) as seen in the early morning of 17 January 1989.

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:

• "Do not Bodies act upon Light at a distance, "Do not Bodies act upon Light at a distance,

and by their action bend its Rays; and is not and by their action bend its Rays; and is not

this action strongest at the least distance?" this action strongest at the least distance?"

Isaac Newton, 1704Isaac Newton, 1704

• J. Soldner (1804): 0.875”J. Soldner (1804): 0.875”

• XVIIIth and XIXth centuriesXVIIIth and XIXth centuries

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:

Einstein (1911, 1915): Einstein (1911, 1915): = 4GM = 4GM / (c / (c22 R R) = 1.75", ) = 1.75",

Dyson et al. (1920): 20-30% uncertainty; Fomalont Dyson et al. (1920): 20-30% uncertainty; Fomalont and Sramek (1975a, b), Robertson et al. (1991): and Sramek (1975a, b), Robertson et al. (1991):

<< 1% uncertainty<< 1% uncertainty

Eddington (1920) …Eddington (1920) …

see Einstein (1911)see Einstein (1911) Sir Oliver Lodge Sir Oliver Lodge

(1919) (1919)

A point mass object consistsof a very imper-fect, although a-chromatic, lens!

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:

Einstein (1936) Einstein (1936)

Zwicky (1937a, b) Zwicky (1937a, b) '... the probability that galactic '... the probability that galactic nebulae which act as gravitational lenses will be nebulae which act as gravitational lenses will be found becomes practically a certainty.’found becomes practically a certainty.’

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Zwicky (1957) Zwicky (1957)

Walsh, Carswell and Weymann (1979): 0957+561Walsh, Carswell and Weymann (1979): 0957+561 4000 scientific publications (non exhaustive 4000 scientific publications (non exhaustive

bibliography availa-ble on the web at the URL: bibliography availa-ble on the web at the URL: http://http://vela.astro.ulg.ac.be/grav_lensvela.astro.ulg.ac.be/grav_lens//))

An observer sees the lensed images of a distant quasar along the directions of light rays deflected by a massive intervening galaxy.

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THE OPTICAL GL EXPERIMENT:THE OPTICAL GL EXPERIMENT:

Deflection of a light ray passing through an axially symmetric optical lens.

n = sin(i)/sin(r) ~ i / r

i = r + () = r + 4GM()/ c2

d = -rd

d = -4GM()d (n-1) c2

() = (0) + 4GM ln( / 0) (n-1) c2

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THE OPTICAL GL EXPERIMENT:THE OPTICAL GL EXPERIMENT:

Right: examples of (upper left) a 'point mass' lens (28 cm in diameter) and of (lower right) a 'spiral galaxy' optical lens (30 cm in diameter).

Below: several examples of axially symmetric optical lenses simulating the light deflection properties due to a point mass (a), a SIS galaxy (b), a spiral galaxy (c), a uniform disk (d) and a truncated uniform disk of matter (e).

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The optical GL experiment The optical GL experiment

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        (a-g)           (h-n)          (o-u)

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OBSERVATIONSOBSERVATIONS

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RXS J11331-1231RXS J11331-1231 (Sluse et al. 2003, 2005, Claeskens et al. 2006) : zs=0.658, zl=0.295

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Quasar-quasar associations

• Burbidge et al. (1997)

• Sluse et al. (2003)

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OTHER TYPES OF MIRAGESOTHER TYPES OF MIRAGES

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