Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro : Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

Author(s)

    • North, Pierre
    • Schneider, P. (Peter)
    • Kochanek, C. (Christopher S.)
    • Wambsganss, J. (Joachim)
    • Meylan, G. (Georges)
    • Jetzer, P. (Phillippe)

Bibliographic Information

Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro : Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

P. Schneider, C. Kochanek, J. Wambsganss ; edited by G. Meylan, P. Jetzer and P. North

(Saas-Fee Advanced Course, 33)

Springer, 2006

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"The 33rd Sass-Fee Advanced Course of the Swiss Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics, entitled Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro took place from March 8-12 April, 2003, in Les Diablerets"--Pref

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The observation, in 1919 by A.S. Eddington and collaborators, of the gra- tational de?ection of light by the Sun proved one of the many predictions of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity: The Sun was the ?rst example of a gravitational lens. In 1936, Albert Einstein published an article in which he suggested - ing stars as gravitational lenses. A year later, Fritz Zwicky pointed out that galaxies would act as lenses much more likely than stars, and also gave a list of possible applications, as a means to determine the dark matter content of galaxies and clusters of galaxies. It was only in 1979 that the ?rst example of an extragalactic gravitational lens was provided by the observation of the distant quasar QSO 0957+0561, by D. Walsh, R.F. Carswell, and R.J. Weymann. A few years later, the ?rst lens showing images in the form of arcs was detected. The theory, observations, and applications of gravitational lensing cons- tute one of the most rapidly growing branches of astrophysics. The gravi- tional de?ection of light generated by mass concentrations along a light path producesmagni?cation,multiplicity,anddistortionofimages,anddelaysp- ton propagation from one line of sight relative to another. The huge amount of scienti?c work produced over the last decade on gravitational lensing has clearly revealed its already substantial and wide impact, and its potential for future astrophysical applications.

Table of Contents

to Gravitational Lensing and Cosmology.- Strong Gravitational Lensing.- Weak Gravitational Lensing.- Gravitational Microlensing.

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  • NCID
    BA77641522
  • ISBN
    • 354030309X
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 552 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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