INTER-UNIVERSITY  CENTRE  FOR  ASTRONOMY  AND  ASTROPHYSICS
(An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission)

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  SEMINAR

 

Chirag Falor

MIT, USA
 
Analytically solving Quadruple Image Configurations; starting from circles and going beyond
 
 

The Flavours of Quadruple Lenses: Kite, Mouse-ears, Perfect; all with a tinge of eccentricity," is another apt title for the uninitiated. In this talk, we will try to find a closed-form solution of the quads for the asymptotically circular lens. Then, we generalize the solution to any possible lens and devise a method to model any possible lensed quasar. This approach isn't limited to gravitational lenses but is applicable even on the planets in our solar system.

 
Special Online Seminar
August 23, 2022, 16:00 hrs.