Gravitational lenses (Record no. 27831)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9783540665069
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency ICTS-TIFR
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QB57.5
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Personal name Peter Schneider
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Gravitational lenses
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1/ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Springer-Verlag
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Berlin
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1999
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Light observed from distant objects is found to be deflected by the gravitational field of massive objects near the line of sight - an effect predicted by Einstein in his first paper setting forth the general theory of relativity, and confirmed by Eddington soon afterwards. If the source of the light is sufficiently distant and bright, and if the intervening object is massive enough and near enough to the line of sight, the gravitational field acts like a lens, focusing the light and producing one or more bright images of the source. This book, by renowned researchers in the field, begins by discussing the basic physics behind gravitational lenses: the optics of curved space-time. It then derives the appropriate equations for predicting the properties of these lenses. In addition, it presents up-to-date observational evidence for gravitational lenses and describes the particular properties of the observed cases. The authors also discuss applications of the results to problems in cosmology.
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Personal name Jürgen Ehlers
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Emilio E. Falco
856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03758-4">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03758-4</a>
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        Astronomy ICTS Rack No 8 03/20/2023 QB57.5 02623 2 Book
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