Astrophysik: Gravitationslinsen
How Massive is a Galaxy ?
Measuring the mass of stellar and galactic objects usually is a tough problem in astrophysics.
Thus it is highly welcome that gravitational lenses allow to directly determine the mass of a galaxy.
For instance one can use the fact, that for an Einstein ring the mass of the lense is directly proportional to the square of the diameter of the ring.
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