Gravitational microlensing of γ-ray blazars

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 335-352

  Torres, Diego F ^a,b   Romero, Gustavo E ^c   Eiroa, Ernesto F ^d   Wambsganss, Joachim ^e   Pessah, Martin E ^f  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE RADIOASTRONOMÍA   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Gamma rays: observations; Gamma rays: theory; Gravitational lensing

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; STARS;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; BLAZARS; ENERGY; GALAXIES ACTIVE; GAMMA RAYS: THEORY; GAMMA-RAYS; GAMMA-RAYS:OBSERVATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; MICRO-LENSING; RADIOFREQUENCIES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 0142105485     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06219.x     Document Type: Article

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