Lower bounds on image magnification in gravitational lensing

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 452, Issue 1949, 1996, Pages 1475-1490

  Fetters, A O ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001341888     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1996.0075     Document Type: Article

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