Gravitational Lensing and Microlensing (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789810248529)

This book provides a comprehensive and self-contained exposition of gravitational lensing phenomena. It presents the up-to-date status of gravitational lensing and microlensing, covering the cosmological applications of the observed lensing by galaxies, clusters and the large scale structures, as well as the microlensing searches in the Local Group and its applications to unveil the nature of the galactic dark matter, the search for planetary objects and the distribution of faint stars in our galaxy.Gravitational Lensing and Microlensing is pitched at the level of the graduate student interested in the issues of astrophysics and cosmology, and should be useful for specialist researchers as well.

Author: Silvia Mollerach,Esteban Roulet
ISBN-10: 9810248520
ISBN-13: 9789810248529
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2002
Pages: 204
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.16w x 0.69d