Abstract
The average gravitational lens distortion of background galaxy images by foreground galaxies is an independent, non-kinematical measurement of galaxy mass distribution M(r)/r (Tyson, et al. 1984). The upper limit we obtained for the equivalent circular velocity, while small compared with some heavy halo models, is consistent with dynamical estimates for samples of galaxies of all types (e.g. Turner's binary data and the Rubin, et al. rotation curves). For example, for a mean cutoff radius of 65 kpc/h, our 3σ upper limit for the equivalent circular velocity (GM/r)1/2 = 190 km/sec. For a mass cutoff at 190 kpc/h our 2σ upper limit is 175 km/sec. If I weight a sample of asymptotical rotation curve velocities by recent field luminosity functions, I get mean circular velocities less than 170 km/sec.
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