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OverviewEDWIN TURNER AND RACHEL WEBSTER Co-Chairs, Scientific Organizing Committee lAU Symposium 173, Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lenses, was held in Melbourne, Australia from July 9-14, 1995. The Symposium was sponsored by lAU Commissions 47 and 40. With the discovery by Walsh and collaborators of the first instance of a gravitational lens, the multiply imaged quasar 0957+561, the area of grav itational lensing moved from speculative theory to a major astrophysical tool. Since that time, there have been regular, approximately biennial in ternational meetings both in Europe and in North America, which have specifically focussed on gravitational lensing. On this occasion, with the blessing of the lA U, the meeting was held at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It was the first international astronomical meeting to be held at the University of Melbourne, and hope fully has given the astronomical community some enthusiasm for trekking half-way round the globe to Australia to discuss their latest work. Full Product DetailsAuthor: C.S. Kochanek , J.N. Hewitt , E. Turner , R.E. WebsterPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: 1996 ed. Volume: 173 Weight: 0.978kg ISBN: 9780792339540ISBN 10: 0792339541 Pages: 443 Publication Date: 31 March 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1: Classical Cosmology.- 2: The Hubble Constant & Time Delays.- 3: Large Scale Structure.- 4: Quasar Absorption Lines.- 5: Galaxy Clusters.- 6: Galaxies.- 7: Microlensing In the Galaxy.- 8: Quasar Structure & Microlensing.- 9: Observational Developments.- 10: Emerging Applications.- 11: Lens Surveys.- Summary.- Prognosticating The Future Of Gravitational Lenses.- Appendices.- The ‘Gravitational Lensing’ Bibliography.- Formation Of Giant Luminous Arcs And Arclets Using An Optical Gravitational Lens Experiment.- Summary of Multiply Imaged Systems.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |