In the last two decades gravitational lensing has become an indispensable part of astronomers' and cosmologists' tool-kit. Lensing is used extensively to determine mass distribution on scales ranging from sub-galactic to super-cluster. Many specific techniques have been developed, tested using simulations, and applied to real data. Lensing has already provided us with many interesting insights into the nature of dark matter.
And yet, we have barely begun to exploit the full range of predictions of GR that may be possible to detect and test through light deflection and lensing.
My goals for this workshop is to explore the future directions of the field of gravitational lensing in astrophysics, and specifically, Kerr lensing. As a cosmologist who has worked extensively on lensing I have expertise in most currently active sub-fields of astrophysical lensing.
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