1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910257435803321

Titolo

Gravitational Lenses [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Conference Held in Hamburg, Germany, 9-13 September 1991 / / edited by Rainer Kayser, Thomas Schramm, Lars Nieser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1992

ISBN

3-540-47286-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 1992.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXII, 399 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 406

Disciplina

523.1/12

Soggetti

Gravitation

Observations, Astronomical

Astronomy—Observations

Astrophysics

Geophysics

Differential geometry

Mathematical physics

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Geophysics/Geodesy

Differential Geometry

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

The impact of gravitating lensing on astrophysics -- to basic concepts of gravitational lensing -- Optical observations of gravitational lenses -- Recent radio observations of gravitational lenses -- Old faithful: The venerable gravitational lens system 0957+561 -- Determining the Hubble parameter -- Time delay determination for the first gravitational lens Q0957+561 A,B -- Photometric monitoring of gravitational lenses with the nordic optical telescope -- A search for closely-spaced gravitational lenses -- A high-resolution imaging



survey for gravitational lenses -- Search for gravitational lensing in a sample of highly luminous quasars -- Bidimensional spectrography of multiple quasars -- Sizing up the universe with an optical illusion: Comments on the measurement of ?t in Q 0957+561 -- HST observations of G2237+0305 and PG1115+080 -- A star-formation region in 2237+030 -- Redshift measurements of the brightest cluster galaxies of the gravitational lens 0957+561 -- The Triple Quasar PG1115+080 -- 1830-211 as a lens artefact -- 0218+357: The smallest separation lensed system -- Gravitational microlensing -- The search for massive compact halo objects -- Probing the galactic disk with gravitational microlensing -- Searching for microlensing in optical lightcurves of quasars -- The Hamburg quasar monitoring program at Calar Alto -- Microlensing predictions for the Einstein cross 2237+0305 -- Expected color variations of the microlensed QSO 2237+0305 -- Intrinsic variability implications for microlensing -- Gravitational lensing statistics -- Quasar-galaxy associations -- Associations between QSOs and galaxies -- Quasar-galaxy associations -- Einstein rings and related phenomena -- Observational indications for statistical lensing by clusters of galaxies -- Counts of galaxies around distant highly luminous QSOs -- A search for close separation (? 1?) quasar images -- Joint discussion on quasar-galaxy associations -- Luminous arcs: An observational update -- Cluster gravitational lenses -- Deep galaxy surveys -- Statistical lensing by clusters of galaxies and Dark Matter distribution -- Observation and analysis of Abell 2218 arcs and rings -- New results on Abell 963 and MG1131+0456 -- On the straight arc in A2390 -- A search for gravitational lenses using sky survey plate scans -- Gravitational lensing of BL Lac objects and related AGN -- Recent observations of PKS1830-211 -- Possible test for ? with gravitational lenses -- Gravitational lensing by large-scale structures -- Concluding summary -- Spectrography in the 0957+561 field -- Gravitational lensing in alternative cosmological models -- Possibilities for observing lensing effects in the gravitational field of our galaxy -- The appearance of cross-like quasar images and the estimation of GL parameters -- Gravitational lensing properties of the Reissner-Nordström type neutron star -- A search for the optical counterpart of the Einstein ring PKS 1830-211 -- Local behavior of caustics in different lens models -- Multiple imaging by gravitational waves -- Statistical lensing by extended lenses -- VLBI hybrid maps of 0957+561 A,B -- Deformation of P Cygni line profiles by gravitational microlensing effects -- Statistical lensing and the overdensity of QSO near foreground galaxies -- A moving gravitational lens in the Friedmann universe -- Strong microlensing and BL LAC objects -- Dispersive effects in the spectra of QSO pairs -- Our galactic nucleus through the lens's eye of gravity -- Unobserved lensing agents -- Discordant redshifts in compact groups of galaxies -- An analytical approach to quasar variability due to microlensing -- Morse theory and gravitational microlensing -- N-body techniques for ?-lensing -- Statistics of lensing by clusters of galaxies: Giant luminous arcs -- Spherical opaque gravitational lens models and their implication for ? 0 -- Catastrophe theory and stable images and caustics in gravitational lenses -- List of contributions not submitted for inclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most spectacular predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity is the occurrence of gravitational lenses in our galactic system.Nowadays the mastering of the mathematics together with the technology available to astronomers allow Einstein's prediction to be confirmed. Several reviews here give the reader the chance to under- stand the basic theoretical concept of gravitational lensing and to



obtain an overview of observational work. The present state of the field and latest results are given in a large number of specialized papers. Anextensive source and subject index make these proceedings valuable also as areference book for all researchers active in the field.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019655203321

Titolo

Post-Fordism : a reader / / edited by Ash Amin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Cambridge, Mass., : Blackwell, [2008]

ISBN

1-283-45391-6

9786613453914

0-470-71272-4

0-470-71251-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Collana

Studies in urban and social change

Altri autori (Persone)

AminAsh

Disciplina

338/.064

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Technological innovations - Social aspects

Industrial organization

Capitalism

Regional economic disparities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

POST-FORDISM: A READER; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1: Post-Fordism: Models, Fantasies and Phantoms of Transition; Part I: New Macroeconomic Designs; 2: Puzzling out the Post-Fordist Debate: Technology, Markets and Institutions; 3: The Crisis of Fordism and the Dimensions of a 'Post-Fordist' Regional and Urban Structure; Part II: New Sociologies and Geographies of Industrial Organization; 4: Flexible Specialisation and the Re-emergence of Regional Economies; 5: A New Paradigm of Work Organization and Technology?

6: The Transition to Flexible Specialisation in the US Film Industry: External Economies, the Division of Labour and the Crossing of



Industrial Divides7: Competing Structural and Institutional Influences on the Geography of Production in Europe; Part III: Policy and Politics Beyond Fordism; 8: Post-Fordism and the State; 9: Searching for a New Institutional Fix: the Ajfter-Fordist Crisis and the Global-Local Disorder; 10: Post-Fordist City Politics; 11: Post-FQr<iism and Democracy; Part IV: Post-Fordist City Lives and Lifestyles

12: Flexible Accumulation through Urbanization: Reflections on 'Post-modernism' in the American City13: City Cultures and Post-modern Lifestyles; 14: The Fortress City: Privatized Spaces, Consumer Citizenship; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Part analysis of contemporary change and part vision of the future, post-Fordism lends its name to a set of challenging, essential and controversial debates over the nature of capitalism's newest age. This book provides a superb introduction to these debates and their far-reaching implications, and includes key texts by post-Fordism's major theorists and commentators.