XIth School of Cosmology
  17 - 22 September 2012 at IESC, Cargèse
Gravitational Lenses
their impact in the study of galaxies and Cosmology

A kind of "Hands-on" Workshop: How to calculate Quasar Microlensing
Joachim WAMBSGANSS

Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (ZAH)

Chapters

  1. How to calculate Quasar Microlensing
  2. Calculate Quasar Microlensing

Abstract

Hands-on exercises on using a hierarchical tree code for the calculation of quasar microlensing.

The participants need

  • a computer/laptop with a FORTRAN compiler
  • a graphics program, ideally IDL, but any graphics package that can handle FITS files will suffice

Bibliography

    • Gravitational lensing: numerical simulations with a hierarchical tree code
      Wambsganss, Joachim, J. Comput. Appl. Math., Vol. 109, No. 1 - 2, p. 353 - 372 (1999)
    • MICROLENS (a short hand-written manual of the microlensing code)

Program