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Overview
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.
Synopsis
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.
Booknews
Gravitational lensing, previously thought of as just a curiosity associated with the bending of light predicted by General Relativity, has been gaining more attention in recent years for what it can tell astronomers and cosmologists about the geometry of the universe, its expansion rate and matter content, the formation and distribution of large scale structures, and the nature of dark matter. It may also provide the ability to look for non-luminous stellar objects (black holes, neutron stars, etc.). Mollerach and Roulet (both of the Centro Atómico Bariloche, Argentina) provide a pedagogical presentation of the various aspects of lensing appropriate for students at a graduate level. After a brief historical introduction, chapters cover the bending of light, lensing theory, macrolensing results, and microlensing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)