Affiliation:
1. Ottawa , Ontario K1N 9H5 , Canada
Abstract
ABSTRACT
We investigate imaging point sources with a monopole gravitational lens, such as the Solar Gravitational Lens in the geometric optics limit. We compute the light amplification of the lens used in conjunction with a telescope featuring a circular aperture that is placed in the focal region of the lens, compared to the amount of light collected by the same telescope unaided by a gravitational lens. We recover an averaged point spread function that is in robust agreement with a wave-theoretical description of the lens, and can be used in practical calculations or simulations.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
Cited by
1 articles.
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