Gravitational Lensing: An Astrophysical Tool / Edition 1

by Frederic Courbin, Dante Minniti

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540443551
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	04/10/2003
Series:	Lecture Notes in Physics , #608
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	191
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Quasar Lensing.- Weak Lensing.- Gravitational Optics Studies of Dark Matter Halos.- Gravitational Lensing at Millimeter Wavelengths.