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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Congdon, Arthur B. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Keeton, Charles R. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Astronomy and Planetary Sciences,
• Θέματα: 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....

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.