Topological defects in gravitational lensing shear fields

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Vitelli, Vincenzo ^a,b   Jain, Bhuvnesh ^b   Kamien, Randall D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitational lensing; Weak gravitational lensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350651832     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/09/034     Document Type: Article

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