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Spherical lens Einstein ring. Elongated lens Einstein cross. Lens = cluster Arcs and arclets Abbell 2218 cluster. Mass map of galaxy cluster Cl0024+1654 Superposition of 2 images Blue = dark matter map Light = luminous matter map Red dots = galaxies in cluster
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Spherical lens Einstein ring Elongated lens Einstein cross Lens = cluster Arcs and arclets Abbell 2218 cluster
Mass map of galaxy cluster Cl0024+1654 • Superposition of 2 images • Blue = dark matter map • Light = luminous matter map • Red dots = galaxies in cluster • HST and ground based observations + mass mapping models • Dark matter is present where galaxies clump together = ‘glue’