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Gravitational Lensing: An Astrophysical Tool

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Frédéric Courbin

    1. Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, Liège 1, Belgium

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  2. Dante Minniti

    1. Departamento de Astronomia, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago 22, Chile

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 608)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Quasar Lensing

    • Frederic Courbin, Prasenjit Saha, Paul L. Schechter
    Pages 1-54

  3. Weak Lensing

    • David Wittman
    Pages 55-95

  4. Gravitational Optics Studies of Dark Matter Halos

    • Tereasa G. Brainerd, Roger D. Blandford
    Pages 96-123

  5. Gravitational Lensing at Millimeter Wavelengths

    • Tommy Wiklind, Danielle Alloin
    Pages 124-188

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 189-191
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About this book

Gravitational lensing is by now sufficiently well understood that it can be used as a tool of investigation in other astrophysical areas. Applications include the determination of the Hubble constant, probing the dark matter context of galaxies and the mapping of the universe to the identification of otherwise invisible large-scale structures. Each chapter of the book covers in a self-contained manner a subfield of gravitational lensing, with the double aim of describing in a simple way the basics of the theory and of reviewing the most recent developments as well as applications foreseen in the near future. The book will thus be particularly useful as a high-level textbook for nonspecialist researchers and advanced students wishing to become familiar with the field all the way up to the forefront of research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, Liège 1, Belgium

    Frédéric Courbin

  • Departamento de Astronomia, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago 22, Chile

    Dante Minniti

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