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Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics: Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lensing
Edited By Evencio Me
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Description for Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics: Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lensing
hardcover. This book presents gravitational lensing as an essential tool in astrophysics for tracking dark matter at all scales in the Universe. Editor(s): Mediavilla, Evencio; Munoz, Jose A.; Garzon, Francisco; Mahoney, Terence J. Series: Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics. Num Pages: 302 pages, 136 b/w illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: PG; PHDV; PHVB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 183 x 254 x 18. Weight in Grams: 750.
Gravitational lenses offer the best, and sometimes the only, means of tackling key problems in many fields of astrophysics and cosmology. According to Einstein's theory, the curvature of light-rays increases with mass; gravitational lenses can be used to map the distribution of mass in a Universe in which virtually all matter is dark matter of an unknown nature. Gravitational lensing has significantly improved our knowledge of many astrophysical phenomena, such as exoplanets, galaxies, active galactic nuclei, quasars, clusters, large-scale structure and the Universe itself. All these topics are covered fully in this book, together with two tutorials on lens and ... Read more
Gravitational lenses offer the best, and sometimes the only, means of tackling key problems in many fields of astrophysics and cosmology. According to Einstein's theory, the curvature of light-rays increases with mass; gravitational lenses can be used to map the distribution of mass in a Universe in which virtually all matter is dark matter of an unknown nature. Gravitational lensing has significantly improved our knowledge of many astrophysical phenomena, such as exoplanets, galaxies, active galactic nuclei, quasars, clusters, large-scale structure and the Universe itself. All these topics are covered fully in this book, together with two tutorials on lens and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107078543
SKU
V9781107078543
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Reviews for Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics: Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lensing
'Each article is self-contained and as a whole it presents an overview of the field of strong lensing ... For the reader who is entering the filed this is a useful collection that summarizes it well.' Alan Heavens, The Observatory 'Each article is self-contained and as a whole it presents an overview of the field of strong lensing ... For ... Read more