Principles of gravitational lensing : light deflection as a probe of astrophysics and cosmology /: light deflection as a probe of astrophysics and cosmology. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Arthur B. Congdon, Charles R. Keeton.
• Authors: Congdon, Arthur B; Keeton, Charles R
• Contents: Chapter 1- Introduction -- Chapter 2- Gravitational Lenses with Circular Symmetry -- Chapter 3- Light Deflection in Curved Spacetime -- Chapter4- Multiple Imaging in the Weak-Field Limit -- Chapter 5- Microlensing within the Local Group -- Chapter 6- Strong Lensing by Galaxies -- Chapter 7- Strong and Weak Lensing by Galaxy Clusters -- Chapter 8- Weak Lensing by Large-Scale Structure -- Chapter 9- Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background -- Appendix A- Calculus of Variations -- Appendix B- Functions of Complex Variable -- Appendix C- Orthogonal Functions -- Appendix D- Fourier Analysis -- Appendix E- Computational Techniques -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 523.1/12; Gravitational lenses; Astrophysics; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Cosmology; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory; Astrophysics; Gravitational lenses; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030021221
• Related ISBNs: 303002122X; 9783030021214
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 10, 2018).
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