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Gravitational lenses as probes of the distribution of dark matter in the universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

R. Cowsik  and
P. Ghosh
R. Cowsik
Affiliation:
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay 400 005
P. Ghosh
Affiliation:
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay 400 005

Abstract

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Studies of the characteristic properties of gravitational lensing by clusters of galaxies suggest that the dark matter in them is probably smoothly distributed on the scale of the cluster itself, rather than being clumped into halos around individual galaxies.

Type
VI. Quasars as Probes of the Intervening Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 119: Quasars , 1986 , pp. 545 - 546
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986