Principles of Gravitational Lensing Light Deflection as a Probe of Astrophysics and Cosmology /

• Main Authors: Congdon, Arthur B. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Keeton, Charles R. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Astronomy and Planetary Sciences,
• Subjects: Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Gravitation.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

This textbook provides an introduction to gravitational lensing, which has become an invaluable tool in modern astrophysics, with applications that range from finding planets orbiting distant stars to understanding how dark matter and dark energy conspired to form the cosmic structures we see today....