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Getting Started in Radio Astronomy : Beginner Projects for the Amateur / / by Steven Arnold
| Getting Started in Radio Astronomy : Beginner Projects for the Amateur / / by Steven Arnold |
| Autore | Arnold Steven |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
| Disciplina | 522.682 |
| Collana | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astronomy Microwaves Optical engineering Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering |
| ISBN | 1-4614-8157-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Safety Advice -- Basic Physics for Radio Astronomy -- A Short History of Radio Astronomy -- The Earth’s Atmosphere -- The Stanford Solar Center Super-SID Monitor -- The NASA Inspire Project -- The NASA Radio Jove Project -- Radio Detection of Meteors -- Conclusions.- Glossary. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300385803321 |
Arnold Steven
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| New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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Giants of Eclipse: The ζ Aurigae Stars and Other Binary Systems / / edited by Thomas B. Ake, Elizabeth Griffin
| Giants of Eclipse: The ζ Aurigae Stars and Other Binary Systems / / edited by Thomas B. Ake, Elizabeth Griffin |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.8444 |
| Collana | Astrophysics and Space Science Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles |
| ISBN | 3-319-09198-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The zeta Aurigae Binaries -- Observing and Analyzing the zeta Aurigae Systems -- The Special Case of VV Cephei -- zeta Aurigae – a Two Century Long Dilemma Persists -- Atmospheric Heating and Wind Acceleration in Cool Evolved Stars -- Optical Interferometry of Giants and Supergiants -- Asteroseismology of Eclipsing Binary Stars -- Index of Keywords. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300428203321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global Satellite Meteorological Observation (GSMO) Theory : Volume 1 / / by Stojče Dimov Ilčev
| Global Satellite Meteorological Observation (GSMO) Theory : Volume 1 / / by Stojče Dimov Ilčev |
| Autore | Ilčev Stojče Dimov |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXVI, 546 p. 220 illus., 148 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 621.382 |
| Soggetto topico |
Signal processing
Image processing Speech processing systems Electrical engineering Meteorology Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Atmospheric sciences Computer communication systems Signal, Image and Speech Processing Communications Engineering, Networks Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Atmospheric Sciences Computer Communication Networks |
| ISBN | 3-319-67119-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Space Segment -- Baseband and Transmission Systems -- Atmospheric Electromagnetic Radiation -- Satellite Meteorological Parameters -- Satellite Meteorological Instruments -- Antenna Systems and Propagation. Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910392725203321 |
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Ilčev Stojče Dimov
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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Global Structure and Evolution in General Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the First Samos Meeting on Cosmology, Geometry and Relativity Held at Karlovassi, Samos, Greece, 5–7 September 1994 / / edited by Spiros Cotsakis, Gary W. Gibbons
| Global Structure and Evolution in General Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the First Samos Meeting on Cosmology, Geometry and Relativity Held at Karlovassi, Samos, Greece, 5–7 September 1994 / / edited by Spiros Cotsakis, Gary W. Gibbons |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1996.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 173 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1/1 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Mathematical physics Differential geometry Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Differential Geometry Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy |
| ISBN | 3-540-49361-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Yang-Mills plasmas -- Relativistic fluids and gravitational collapse -- The einstein vacuum constraints and trapped surfaces -- Black hole collisions, analytic continuation and cosmic censorship -- The structure of quantum conformal superspace. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910257396903321 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1996 | ||
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Global Structure and Evolution in General Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the First Samos Meeting on Cosmology, Geometry and Relativity Held at Karlovassi, Samos, Greece, 5–7 September 1994 / / edited by Spiros Cotsakis, Gary W. Gibbons
| Global Structure and Evolution in General Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the First Samos Meeting on Cosmology, Geometry and Relativity Held at Karlovassi, Samos, Greece, 5–7 September 1994 / / edited by Spiros Cotsakis, Gary W. Gibbons |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1996.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 173 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1/1 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Mathematical physics Differential geometry Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Differential Geometry Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy |
| ISBN | 3-540-49361-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Yang-Mills plasmas -- Relativistic fluids and gravitational collapse -- The einstein vacuum constraints and trapped surfaces -- Black hole collisions, analytic continuation and cosmic censorship -- The structure of quantum conformal superspace. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466796103316 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1996 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Gravitation, Geometry and Relativistic Physics [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the “Journées Relativistes” Held at Aussois, France, May 2–5, 1984 / / edited by Laboratoire Gravitation et Cosmologie Relativistes,Universite Pierre et Marie Curie et CNRS, Institut HenriPoincare, Paris
| Gravitation, Geometry and Relativistic Physics [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the “Journées Relativistes” Held at Aussois, France, May 2–5, 1984 / / edited by Laboratoire Gravitation et Cosmologie Relativistes,Universite Pierre et Marie Curie et CNRS, Institut HenriPoincare, Paris |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1984.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1984 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 339 p. 11 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Quantum computers Spintronics Quantum physics Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics Quantum Physics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles |
| ISBN | 3-540-39081-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Developments and predictions -- Radiative gravitational fields and radiation reaction forces in general relativity -- Multipoles particles in general relativity: The Weyl and Kerr metrics -- Unconstrained degrees of freedom of gravitational field and the positivity of gravitational energy -- A Method for generating exact solutions of Einstein's field equations -- Causal relativistic thermodynamics of transitory processes in electromagnetic continuous media -- La relativité générale : une théorie sans problème(s) ? -- Geometrie et physique -- Supergravities -- Some nonexistence theorems for massive Yang-Mills fields and harmonic maps -- Geometrical approach to the physics of random networks -- The algebra of multiplication operators of star-product in R2n -- Manifold b-incompleteness stability via a structure of principal connections -- Front form predictive relativistic mechanics non interaction theorem -- Some new results on the validity of Huygens' principle for the scalar wave equation on a curved space-time -- Atomic fine and hyperfine structure. Calculations in a space of constant curvature -- Theories of gravity and experimental tests in the post-newtonian limit -- Survey of relativistic effects in geodesy and fundamental astronomy -- Relativistic effects in heavy ions -- The interferometric detection of gravitational waves -- The development of long baseline gravitational radiation detectors at Glasgow University -- Improved sensitivities in laser interferometers for the detection of gravitational waves -- Injection locking and coherent summation of argon ion lasers -- Can the photon noise be reduced? -- The problem of the optical stability of a pendular Fabry-Perot -- Much ado about Geminga -- The 3K background radiation: Observational and theoretical status -- Close-up on gravitational lensing : The gravitational mirages -- Amplification of light by gravitational lens : Dynamics and thick lens effects -- Thermodynamical fluctuations of massive black holes -- Newtonian and relativistic Bianchi i models of the universe -- The cosmological constant -- The inflationary universe : A primer. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910257403403321 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1984 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gravitation, Geometry and Relativistic Physics [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the “Journées Relativistes” Held at Aussois, France, May 2–5, 1984 / / edited by Laboratoire Gravitation et Cosmologie Relativistes,Universite Pierre et Marie Curie et CNRS, Institut HenriPoincare, Paris
| Gravitation, Geometry and Relativistic Physics [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the “Journées Relativistes” Held at Aussois, France, May 2–5, 1984 / / edited by Laboratoire Gravitation et Cosmologie Relativistes,Universite Pierre et Marie Curie et CNRS, Institut HenriPoincare, Paris |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1984.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1984 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 339 p. 11 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Quantum computers Spintronics Quantum physics Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics Quantum Physics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles |
| ISBN | 3-540-39081-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Developments and predictions -- Radiative gravitational fields and radiation reaction forces in general relativity -- Multipoles particles in general relativity: The Weyl and Kerr metrics -- Unconstrained degrees of freedom of gravitational field and the positivity of gravitational energy -- A Method for generating exact solutions of Einstein's field equations -- Causal relativistic thermodynamics of transitory processes in electromagnetic continuous media -- La relativité générale : une théorie sans problème(s) ? -- Geometrie et physique -- Supergravities -- Some nonexistence theorems for massive Yang-Mills fields and harmonic maps -- Geometrical approach to the physics of random networks -- The algebra of multiplication operators of star-product in R2n -- Manifold b-incompleteness stability via a structure of principal connections -- Front form predictive relativistic mechanics non interaction theorem -- Some new results on the validity of Huygens' principle for the scalar wave equation on a curved space-time -- Atomic fine and hyperfine structure. Calculations in a space of constant curvature -- Theories of gravity and experimental tests in the post-newtonian limit -- Survey of relativistic effects in geodesy and fundamental astronomy -- Relativistic effects in heavy ions -- The interferometric detection of gravitational waves -- The development of long baseline gravitational radiation detectors at Glasgow University -- Improved sensitivities in laser interferometers for the detection of gravitational waves -- Injection locking and coherent summation of argon ion lasers -- Can the photon noise be reduced? -- The problem of the optical stability of a pendular Fabry-Perot -- Much ado about Geminga -- The 3K background radiation: Observational and theoretical status -- Close-up on gravitational lensing : The gravitational mirages -- Amplification of light by gravitational lens : Dynamics and thick lens effects -- Thermodynamical fluctuations of massive black holes -- Newtonian and relativistic Bianchi i models of the universe -- The cosmological constant -- The inflationary universe : A primer. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466686903316 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1984 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Gravitational Lenses [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter Schneider, Jürgen Ehlers, Emilio E. Falco
| Gravitational Lenses [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter Schneider, Jürgen Ehlers, Emilio E. Falco |
| Autore | Schneider Peter |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1992.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 560 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1 |
| Collana | Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Physics Geophysics Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Mathematical Methods in Physics Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation Geophysics/Geodesy |
| ISBN | 1-4612-2756-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Historical remarks -- 1.2 Outline of the book -- 1.3 Remarks about notation -- 2. Basic facts and the observational situation -- 2.1 The Schwarzschild lens -- 2.2 The general lens -- 2.3 The magnification factor -- 2.4 Observing gravitational lens systems -- 2.5 Known gravitational lens systems -- 3. Optics in curved spacetime -- 3.1 The vacuum Maxwell equations -- 3.2 Locally approximately plane waves -- 3.3 Fermat’s principle -- 3.4 Geometry of ray bundles -- 3.5 Distances based on light rays. Caustics -- 3.6 Luminosity, flux and intensity -- 4. Derivation of the lens equation -- 4.1 Einstein’s gravitational field equation -- 4.2 Approximate metrics of isolated, slowly moving, non-compact matter distributions -- 4.3 Light deflection by quasistationary, isolated mass distributions -- 4.4 Summary of Friedmann-Lemaître cosmological models -- 4.5 Light propagation and redshift-distance relations in homogeneous and inhomogeneous model universes -- 4.6 The lens mapping in cosmology -- 4.7 Wave optics in lens theory -- 5. Properties of the lens mapping -- 5.1 Basic equations of the lens theory -- 5.2 Magnification and critical curves -- 5.3 Time delay and Fermat’s principle -- 5.4 Two general theorems about gravitational lensing -- 5.5 The topography of time delay (Fermat) surfaces -- 6. Lensing near critical points -- 6.1 The lens mapping near ordinary images -- 6.2 Stable singularities of lens mappings -- 6.3 Stable singularities of one-parameter families of lens mappings; metamorphoses -- 6.4 Magnification of extended sources near folds -- 7. Wave optics in gravitational lensing -- 7.1 Preliminaries; magnification of ordinary images -- 7.2 Magnification near isolated caustic points -- 7.3 Magnification near fold catastrophes -- 8. Simple lens models -- 8.1 Axially symmetric lenses -- 8.2 Lenses with perturbed symmetry (Quadrupole lenses) -- 8.3 The two point-mass lens -- 8.4 Lenses with elliptical symmetry -- 8.5 Marginal lenses -- 8.6 Generic properties of “elliptical lenses” -- 9. Multiple light deflection -- 9.1 The multiple lens-plane theory -- 9.2 Time delay and Fermat’s principle -- 9.3 The generalized quadrupole lens -- 10. Numerical methods -- 10.1 Roots of one-dimensional equations -- 10.2 Images of extended sources -- 10.3 Interactive methods for model fitting -- 10.4 Grid search methods -- 10.5 Transport of images -- 10.6 Ray shooting -- 10.7 Constructing lens and source models from resolved images -- 11. Statistical gravitational lensing: General considerations -- 11.1 Cross-sections -- 11.2 The random star field -- 11.3 Probabilities in a clumpy universe -- 11.4 Light propagation in inhomogeneous universes -- 11.5 Maximum probabilities -- 12. Statistical gravitational lensing: Applications -- 12.1 Amplification bias and the luminosity function of QSOs -- 12.2 Statistics of multiply imaged sources -- 12.3 QSO-galaxy associations -- 12.4 Microlensing: Astrophysical discussion -- 12.5 The amplification bias: Detailed discussion -- 12.6 Distortion of images -- 12.7 Lensing of supernovae -- 12.8 Further applications of statistical lensing -- 13. Gravitational lenses as astrophysical tools -- 13.1 Estimation of model parameters -- 13.2 Arcs in clusters of galaxies -- 13.3 Additional applications -- 13.4 Miscellaneous topics -- References -- Index of Individual Objects. |
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Schneider Peter
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| New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1992 | ||
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Gravitational Lenses [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter Schneider, Jürgen Ehlers, Emilio E. Falco
| Gravitational Lenses [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter Schneider, Jürgen Ehlers, Emilio E. Falco |
| Autore | Schneider Peter |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1992.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 560 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1 |
| Collana | Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Physics Geophysics Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Mathematical Methods in Physics Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation Geophysics/Geodesy |
| ISBN | 1-4612-2756-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Historical remarks -- 1.2 Outline of the book -- 1.3 Remarks about notation -- 2. Basic facts and the observational situation -- 2.1 The Schwarzschild lens -- 2.2 The general lens -- 2.3 The magnification factor -- 2.4 Observing gravitational lens systems -- 2.5 Known gravitational lens systems -- 3. Optics in curved spacetime -- 3.1 The vacuum Maxwell equations -- 3.2 Locally approximately plane waves -- 3.3 Fermat’s principle -- 3.4 Geometry of ray bundles -- 3.5 Distances based on light rays. Caustics -- 3.6 Luminosity, flux and intensity -- 4. Derivation of the lens equation -- 4.1 Einstein’s gravitational field equation -- 4.2 Approximate metrics of isolated, slowly moving, non-compact matter distributions -- 4.3 Light deflection by quasistationary, isolated mass distributions -- 4.4 Summary of Friedmann-Lemaître cosmological models -- 4.5 Light propagation and redshift-distance relations in homogeneous and inhomogeneous model universes -- 4.6 The lens mapping in cosmology -- 4.7 Wave optics in lens theory -- 5. Properties of the lens mapping -- 5.1 Basic equations of the lens theory -- 5.2 Magnification and critical curves -- 5.3 Time delay and Fermat’s principle -- 5.4 Two general theorems about gravitational lensing -- 5.5 The topography of time delay (Fermat) surfaces -- 6. Lensing near critical points -- 6.1 The lens mapping near ordinary images -- 6.2 Stable singularities of lens mappings -- 6.3 Stable singularities of one-parameter families of lens mappings; metamorphoses -- 6.4 Magnification of extended sources near folds -- 7. Wave optics in gravitational lensing -- 7.1 Preliminaries; magnification of ordinary images -- 7.2 Magnification near isolated caustic points -- 7.3 Magnification near fold catastrophes -- 8. Simple lens models -- 8.1 Axially symmetric lenses -- 8.2 Lenses with perturbed symmetry (Quadrupole lenses) -- 8.3 The two point-mass lens -- 8.4 Lenses with elliptical symmetry -- 8.5 Marginal lenses -- 8.6 Generic properties of “elliptical lenses” -- 9. Multiple light deflection -- 9.1 The multiple lens-plane theory -- 9.2 Time delay and Fermat’s principle -- 9.3 The generalized quadrupole lens -- 10. Numerical methods -- 10.1 Roots of one-dimensional equations -- 10.2 Images of extended sources -- 10.3 Interactive methods for model fitting -- 10.4 Grid search methods -- 10.5 Transport of images -- 10.6 Ray shooting -- 10.7 Constructing lens and source models from resolved images -- 11. Statistical gravitational lensing: General considerations -- 11.1 Cross-sections -- 11.2 The random star field -- 11.3 Probabilities in a clumpy universe -- 11.4 Light propagation in inhomogeneous universes -- 11.5 Maximum probabilities -- 12. Statistical gravitational lensing: Applications -- 12.1 Amplification bias and the luminosity function of QSOs -- 12.2 Statistics of multiply imaged sources -- 12.3 QSO-galaxy associations -- 12.4 Microlensing: Astrophysical discussion -- 12.5 The amplification bias: Detailed discussion -- 12.6 Distortion of images -- 12.7 Lensing of supernovae -- 12.8 Further applications of statistical lensing -- 13. Gravitational lenses as astrophysical tools -- 13.1 Estimation of model parameters -- 13.2 Arcs in clusters of galaxies -- 13.3 Additional applications -- 13.4 Miscellaneous topics -- References -- Index of Individual Objects. |
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Schneider Peter
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| New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1992 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gravitational Lenses / / by Peter Schneider, Jürgen Ehlers, Emilio E. Falco
| Gravitational Lenses / / by Peter Schneider, Jürgen Ehlers, Emilio E. Falco |
| Autore | Schneider Peter |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1992.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 560 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1 |
| Collana | Astronomy and Astrophysics Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Physics Geophysics Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Mathematical Methods in Physics Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation Geophysics/Geodesy |
| ISBN | 1-4612-2756-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Historical remarks -- 1.2 Outline of the book -- 1.3 Remarks about notation -- 2. Basic facts and the observational situation -- 2.1 The Schwarzschild lens -- 2.2 The general lens -- 2.3 The magnification factor -- 2.4 Observing gravitational lens systems -- 2.5 Known gravitational lens systems -- 3. Optics in curved spacetime -- 3.1 The vacuum Maxwell equations -- 3.2 Locally approximately plane waves -- 3.3 Fermat’s principle -- 3.4 Geometry of ray bundles -- 3.5 Distances based on light rays. Caustics -- 3.6 Luminosity, flux and intensity -- 4. Derivation of the lens equation -- 4.1 Einstein’s gravitational field equation -- 4.2 Approximate metrics of isolated, slowly moving, non-compact matter distributions -- 4.3 Light deflection by quasistationary, isolated mass distributions -- 4.4 Summary of Friedmann-Lemaître cosmological models -- 4.5 Light propagation and redshift-distance relations in homogeneous and inhomogeneous model universes -- 4.6 The lens mapping in cosmology -- 4.7 Wave optics in lens theory -- 5. Properties of the lens mapping -- 5.1 Basic equations of the lens theory -- 5.2 Magnification and critical curves -- 5.3 Time delay and Fermat’s principle -- 5.4 Two general theorems about gravitational lensing -- 5.5 The topography of time delay (Fermat) surfaces -- 6. Lensing near critical points -- 6.1 The lens mapping near ordinary images -- 6.2 Stable singularities of lens mappings -- 6.3 Stable singularities of one-parameter families of lens mappings; metamorphoses -- 6.4 Magnification of extended sources near folds -- 7. Wave optics in gravitational lensing -- 7.1 Preliminaries; magnification of ordinary images -- 7.2 Magnification near isolated caustic points -- 7.3 Magnification near fold catastrophes -- 8. Simple lens models -- 8.1 Axially symmetric lenses -- 8.2 Lenses with perturbed symmetry (Quadrupole lenses) -- 8.3 The two point-mass lens -- 8.4 Lenses with elliptical symmetry -- 8.5 Marginal lenses -- 8.6 Generic properties of “elliptical lenses” -- 9. Multiple light deflection -- 9.1 The multiple lens-plane theory -- 9.2 Time delay and Fermat’s principle -- 9.3 The generalized quadrupole lens -- 10. Numerical methods -- 10.1 Roots of one-dimensional equations -- 10.2 Images of extended sources -- 10.3 Interactive methods for model fitting -- 10.4 Grid search methods -- 10.5 Transport of images -- 10.6 Ray shooting -- 10.7 Constructing lens and source models from resolved images -- 11. Statistical gravitational lensing: General considerations -- 11.1 Cross-sections -- 11.2 The random star field -- 11.3 Probabilities in a clumpy universe -- 11.4 Light propagation in inhomogeneous universes -- 11.5 Maximum probabilities -- 12. Statistical gravitational lensing: Applications -- 12.1 Amplification bias and the luminosity function of QSOs -- 12.2 Statistics of multiply imaged sources -- 12.3 QSO-galaxy associations -- 12.4 Microlensing: Astrophysical discussion -- 12.5 The amplification bias: Detailed discussion -- 12.6 Distortion of images -- 12.7 Lensing of supernovae -- 12.8 Further applications of statistical lensing -- 13. Gravitational lenses as astrophysical tools -- 13.1 Estimation of model parameters -- 13.2 Arcs in clusters of galaxies -- 13.3 Additional applications -- 13.4 Miscellaneous topics -- References -- Index of Individual Objects. |
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| New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1992 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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