Abstract:

The Sloan Lens ACS (SLACS) Survey has combined SDSS spectroscopy with Hubble Space Telescope imaging to assemble an unprecedented sample of 70 galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses. I will review the observational and scientific results of SLACS, with a particular focus on the mass-density structure and empirical scaling relations of elliptical galaxies. My talk will be aimed primarily at "non- lensers", and will feature both novel quantitative results and stunning astronomical images.