The Future of Gravitational Optics
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- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Vol. 113 (789) , 1309-1311
- https://doi.org/10.1086/323901
Abstract
In this speculative, millennial essay, I try to anticipate what sort of novel gravitational optics investigations might be undertaken after it becomes possible to map and monitor roughly 1012 sources (of which 109 may be usefully variable) comprehensively throughout electromagnetic and other spectra over the whole sky. Existing techniques suffice to produce three‐dimensional maps of the dark matter distribution of the accessible universe, to explore black hole spacetimes, and to magnify images of the first luminous sources, terrestrial planets, and compact objects.Keywords
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