Statistics of gravitational microlensing magnification. I. Two-dimensional lens distribution

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 489, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 508-521

  Kofman, Lev ^a   Kaiser, Nick ^a,b   Lee, Man Hoi ^c   Babul, Arif ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gravitational lensing; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944448834     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304791     Document Type: Article

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