Strong gravitational lensing : blueprints for galaxy-cluster core reconstruction

When rays of light pass by a massive object they are very slightly deflected towards the centre-of- mass of the object. If two or more diverging beams of light re-converge onto an serendipitous observer, this observer may see multiple, magnified images of the source of light. This process is know...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newbury, Peter Robert
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8568