# Weak Gravitational Lensing

**Authors:** Peter Schneider  
**arXiv:** [astro-ph/0509252](https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0509252)  
**Date:** 2005-09-09  
**Summary page:** https://www.summarizepaper.com/fr/arxiv-id/astro-ph--0509252v1/

## Abstract

This review forms the Weak Lensing part of the Saas-Fee Advanced Course on Gravitational Lensing. It describes the basicsm applications and results of weak lensing. Contents: (1) Introduction (2) The principles of weak gravitational lensing (3) Observational issues and challenges (4) Clusters of galaxies: Introduction, and strong lensing (5) Mass reconstructions from weak lensing (6) Cosmic shear -- lensing by the LSS (7) Large-scale structure lensing: results (8) The mass of, and associated with galaxies (9) Additional issues in cosmic shear (10) Concluding remarks.