Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro
The theory, observations, and applications of gravitational lensing constitute one of the most rapidly growing branches of astrophysics. The gravitational deflection of light generated by mass concentrations along a light path produces magnification, mult
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Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro
Saas-Fee Advanced Course 33
P. Schneider
C. Kochanek
J. Wambsganss
Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro Saas-Fee Advanced Course 33 Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy Edited by G. Meylan, P. Jetzer and P. North
With 196 Illustrations, 36 in Color
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Peter Schneider
Joachim Wambsganss
Institut für Astrophysik und Extraterrestrische Forschung Universität Bonn Auf dem Hügel 71 D-53121 Bonn, Germany [email protected]
Zentrum für Astronomie Universität Heidelberg (ZAH) Mönchhofstr. 12-14 D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany [email protected]
Christopher S. Kochanek Department of Astronomy The Ohio State University 4055 McPherson Lab 140 West 18th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 USA [email protected]
Volume Editors: Georges Meylan Pierre North
Philippe Jetzer Institute of Theoretical Physics Universität Zürich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
Laboratoire d’Astrophysique Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Observatoire CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
This series is edited on behalf of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy: Soci´et´e Suisse d’Astrophysique et d’Astronomie Observatoire de Gen`eve, ch. des Maillettes 51, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
Cover picture: (Left) Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland, as seen in all its usual beauty (Kurt Müller, http://photo.zermatt.ch). (Right) Another vision of the same mountain, as observed on 1 April 2003, while suffering from the transiant phenomenon of a passing-by black hole of one Jupiter mass (with the help of B. McLeod, CfA, Castle, and F. Summers, STScI)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006920099
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