Gravitational Lenses.

Gravitational Lenses.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harwit, Martin
Other Authors: Kippenhahn, Rudolf, Trimble, Virginia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer New York, 1992.
Edition:N.
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Gravitational lenses.
Gravitational lenses
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Table of Contents:
  • ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS LIBRARY; Gravitational Lenses; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic facts and the observational situation; 3. Optics in curved spacetime; 4. Derivation of the lens equation; 5. Properties of the lens mapping; 6. Lensing near critical points; 7. Wave optics in gravitational lensing; 8. Simple lens models; 9. Multiple light deflection; 10. Numerical methods; 11. Statistical gravitational lensing: General considerations; 12. Statistical gravitational lensing: Applications; 13. Gravitational lenses as astrophysical tools; References.

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