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The FIRST Efficient Gravitational Lens Survey

J. Lehar, A. Buchalter, R. McMahon, C. Kochanek, D. Helfand, R. Becker, T. Muxlow

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9908353

Abstract

We have found three gravitational lenses (two are new) by observing 34 likely FIRST radio lobes with APM galaxy counterparts. We expect to find 30 such lenses in over the next few years, which will significantly improve lensing constraints on galaxy structure and cosmology.

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