Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lensing

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Evencio Mediavilla (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife) Jose A. Muñoz

Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lensing

Evencio Mediavilla (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife), Jose A. Muñoz, Francisco Garzón (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife) , Terence J. Mahoney (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife)

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Cambridge University Press
10 November 2016

Astronomy, space & time; Gravity; Astrophysics

Series: Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics

Gravitational lenses offer the best, and sometimes the only, means of tackling key problems in many fields of astrophysics and cosmology. According to Einstein's theory, the curvature of light-rays increases with mass; gravitational lenses can be used to map the distribution of mass in a Universe in which virtually all matter is dark matter of an unknown nature. Gravitational lensing has significantly improved our knowledge of many astrophysical phenomena, such as exoplanets, galaxies, active galactic nuclei, quasars, clusters, large-scale structure and the Universe itself. All these topics are covered fully in this book, together with two tutorials on lens and microlensing modelling. The future of lensing in relation to large surveys and the anticipated discoveries of thousands more gravitational lenses is also discussed, making this volume an ideal guide for postgraduate students and practising researchers in the use of gravitational lenses as a tool in their investigations.

Edited by: Evencio Mediavilla (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Tenerife), Jose A. Muñoz, Francisco Garzón (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife), Terence J. Mahoney (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 252mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9781107078543
ISBN 10: 1107078547
Series: Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 10 November 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contributors; Participants; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Lensing basics Sherry H. Suyu; 2. Exoplanet microlensing Andrew Gould; 3. Case studies of microlensing Veronica Motta and Emilio Falco; 4. Microlensing of quasars and AGN Joachim Wambsganss; 5. DM in clusters and large-scale structure Peter Schneider; 6. The future of strong lensing Chris Fassnacht; 7. Methods for strong lens modelling Charles Keeton; 8. Tutorial on inverse ray shooting Jorge Jimenez-Vicente.

Reviews for Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lensing

'Each article is self-contained and as a whole it presents an overview of the field of strong lensing … For the reader who is entering the filed this is a useful collection that summarizes it well.' Alan Heavens, The Observatory