Gravitational Lensing
Gravitational lensing is an astrophysical technique which uses the observed path of light from distant objects to both infer characteristics of foreground mass distributions, and to image background sources at much higher resolution than is possible with normal telescopes. Researchers at the University of Melbourne have a long history of developing innovative applications for gravitational lensing.
Supervisor Profiles & Available Research Projects
Prof Rachel Webster
- Gravitational weak lensing
- Quasar microlensing
Prof Stuart Wyithe
- Quasar microlensing
- Statistical properties of lensing by galaxies and clusters of galaxies
Dr Christian Reichardt
- Gravitational lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background
The Abell 1689 galaxy cluster acts as a massive gravitational lens in space, bending and magnifying the light of the galaxies located far behind it.
Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech
- James Webb Space Telescope observations of the first galaxies Wednesday 18 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom)[...]
- Ultra Diffuse Galaxies: Galaxies at the Extreme Wednesday 11 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom)[...]
- Variational Inference for Bayesian Neural Networks via Resolution of Singularities Wednesday 25 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom)[...]
- Dark Matters at Swinburne Wednesday 04 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom)[...]
- How to model the Universe in N easy steps (N>>1) Wednesday 27 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building[...]
- The Fast Radio Burst Enigma Wednesday 20 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building[...]
- Starduster: A multi-wavelength SED model based on radiative transfer simulations and deep learning Wednesday 06 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Yisheng Qiu[...]