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Gravitational Lensing and its Applications

Liping Fu, Chenggang Shu

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In the present paper, the basic theory of gravitational lensing is introduced. Strong lensing, weak lensing and micro lensing are also discussed separately together with the most recent observations. Especially, the newest application of gravitational lensing, cosmic shear, is focused in detail. The importance of gravitational lensing on the cosmology is summarized.

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Key concepts: Gravitational lensing formalism, Gravitational lens, Weak gravitational lensing, Strong gravitational lensing, Physics, Cosmology, Gravitation, COSMIC cancer database