Gravitational Lensing
Preamble
The objective of this experiment is to simulate gravitational lensing on a benchtop using acrylic lenses. The lenses have been machined to emulate the optical behaviour of a point mass. Students will measure the emulated mass of the lenses using strong gravitational lensing.
Please use the following texts as references: [1], [2], [3], [5], and see the recorded video here.