Strong lensing is a powerful tool to address three major astrophysical issues: understanding
the spatial distribution of mass at kiloparsec and subkiloparsec scale, where baryons and …

Gravitational lensing has developed into one of the most powerful tools for the analysis of
the dark universe. This review summarizes the theory of gravitational lensing, its main …

This paper focuses on cosmological constraints derived from analysis of WMAP data alone.
A simple ΛCDM cosmological model fits the five-year WMAP temperature and polarization …

Cadenced optical imaging surveys in the next decade will be capable of detecting time-
varying galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses in large numbers, increasing the size of the …

We present the definitive data for the full sample of 131 strong gravitational lens candidates
observed with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the Hubble Space …

We study the mass distribution of a sample of 28 galaxy clusters using strong and weak
lensing observations. The clusters are selected via their strong lensing properties as part of …

We simultaneously constrain cosmology and galaxy bias using measurements of galaxy
abundances, galaxy clustering and galaxy–galaxy lensing taken from the Sloan Digital Sky …

We present the final statistical sample of lensed quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
(SDSS) Quasar Lens Search (SQLS). The well-defined statistical lens sample consists of 26 …

We use a sample of 53 massive early-type strong gravitational lens galaxies with well-
measured redshifts (ranging from z= 0.06 to 0.36) and stellar velocity dispersions (between …

Gravitational lensing is a good probe into the topological structure of dark gravitating
celestial objects. In this paper, we investigate the light curve of a light ray that passes …