Book Details

Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro

Publication year: 2006

ISBN: 978-3-540-30310-7

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The up-to-date contributions in this book are based on the lecture notes of the 33rd Saas–Fee Advanced Course of the Swiss Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, entitled Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak, and Micro. The book comprises four complementary parts, written by leading experts in the field, constituting a genuine textbook about gravitational lensing: • Peter Schneider – Part 1: Introduction to Gravitational Lensing and Cosmology • Christopher Kochanek – Part 2: Strong Gravitational Lensing • Peter Schneider – Part 3: Weak Gravitational Lensing • Joachim Wambsganss – Part 4: Gravitational Microlensing


Subject: Physics and Astronomy, Cosmology, Extragalactic Astronomy, Extrasolar planets, Galactic Halos, Galaxy Clusters, Gravitational Lensing, Gravity, Microlensing, astronomy, astrophysics