Self-lensing of a Singular Isothermal Sphere
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Many astrophysical systems can be approximated as isothermal spheres. In an isothermal sphere, the “foreground” objects can act as lenses on “background” objects in the same distribution. We study gravitational lensing by a singular isothermal sphere analytically. Our results may have interesting applications. PACS numbers: 98.62.Sb, 95.30.Sf Typeset using REVTEX 1
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