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This adaptive mesh ray-tracing code was written to allow exploration of lensing effects near critical points in the source plane, where very high magnifications can be achieved. (A)

This paper investigates an error that pervades mass measurements with weak lensing, namely the assumption of a spherical mass model when fitting a non-spherical system. It gives theoretical expectations of the effect from N-body simulations and analytic tri-axial mass models. (A)

This paper describes how to use shear detected mass peaks to measure the evolution of the power spectrum, and thereby cosmological parameters, in a method complementary to cosmic-shear analysis. (A)

This paper describes how to use shear detected mass peaks to measure the evolution of the power spectrum, and thereby cosmological parameters, in a method complementary to cosmic-shear analysis. (A)

This paper describes measurements of cosmic shear from a 2 square degree Hubble Space Telescope survey, combined with photometric redshifts of the lensed galaxies. The addition of photometric redshifts allowed the authors to produce a three dimensional reconstruction of the mass structures in the field. (A)

Quiescent galaxies are more numerous sources, but are even fainter than quasars: it would take the advent of CCD imaging cameras to detect the first gravitational arc. It was not clear what the arc was: a deep spectrum revealed it to be a background galaxy, observed at high magnification through the lens. (A)

This is a recent review, focused mostly on clusters and large scale structure. (A)

An excellent overview of the history of gravitational lensing, including the 1919 eclipse, covering the history of the subject through to the present day. (I,A)

This paper uses a large Hubble Space Telescope survey to obtain galaxy-galaxy lensing measurements at higher redshifts than previously possible, and explores the evolution of dark halo properties. (A)