Magnification of light from many distant quasars by gravitational lenses

Nature

Volumn 417, Issue 6892, 2002, Pages 923-925

  Stuart, J ^a   Wyithe, B ^a   Loeb, Abraham ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); ELECTRON LENSES; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

GRAVITATIONAL LENSES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTRONOMY; LIGHT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COSMOS; DENSITY; GRAVITY; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0037182859     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00794     Document Type: Article

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