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Gravitational Lenses: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Hamburg, Germany 9–13 September 1991

By Martin J. Rees (auth.) , Rainer Kayser , Thomas Schramm , Lars Nieser (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1992
ISBN
3540557970, 9783540557975, 0387557970
DOI
10.1007/3-540-55797-0
LCC
QB857.5.G7 G733 1992
Open Library ID
OL1722154M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3308080 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 406
Edition
1
Pages
417\417
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Relativity and Cosmology; Astronomy; Astrophysics;

Description

One of the most spectacular predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity is the occurrence of gravitational lenses in our galactic system.Nowadays the mastering of the mathematics together with the technology available to astronomers allow Einstein's prediction to be confirmed. Several reviews here give the reader the chance to under- stand the basic theoretical concept of gravitational lensing and to obtain an overview of observational work. The present state of the field and latest results are given in a large number of specialized papers. Anextensive source and subject index make these proceedings valuable also as areference book for all researchers active in the field.

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