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Observational research in gravitational lensing

In  “Wide-field weak lensing by RXJ1347-1145”, I analyzed the cluster RXJ1347-1145 for weak lensing shear. 

We found that the tangential shear fits both a SIS (solid) and NFW (dashed) profile.  The best fit parameters indicated a cluster mass on the order of 1.5 x 1015 solar masses.

The image was taken in Chile at CTIO using the Blanco 4-m telescope.  The bottom right panel shows a high mass density (color contrast) at the location of the cluster.  The two circles indicate the region where weak lensing signals were examined.