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Register a new userReconstructing images of gravitational lenses with regularizing algorithms
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Ekaterina Koptelova
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2003
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Physics
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English
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E. Koptelova
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This note addresses possible applications of the Tikhonov regularization to image reconstruction of gravitational lens systems. Several modifications of the regularization algorithm are discussed. Our illustrative example is the close quadruple gravitational lens QSO 2237+0305 (Einstein Cross). The restored image of the lens is decomposed into two parts - the quasar components and the background galaxy.
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