A measurement of the cosmological constant using elliptical galaxies as strong gravitational lenses

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 475, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 457-461

  Myungshin, I M ^a   Griffiths, Richard E ^a   Ratnatunga, Kavan U ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Cosmology: theory; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Gravitational lensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645700952     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303583     Document Type: Article

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