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Critical Curves

Critical Curves is a theoretical construct in gravitational lensing that denotes the loci in the lens plane where the determinant of the Jacobian of the lens mapping vanishes, thereby identifying regions of infinite magnification in the source plane.

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Gravitational lensing by naked singularities

K. S. Virbhadra, George Ellis · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 2002 · 712 citations

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The Role of Critical Exponents in Blow-Up Theorems: The Sequel

Keng Deng, Howard A. Levine · Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications · 2000 · 534 citations

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Elliptic Mass Distributions versus Elliptic Potentials in Gravitational Lenses

Aggeliki Kassiola, Israel Kovner · The Astrophysical Journal · 1993 · 357 citations

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Geometric Modeling for Swept Volume of Moving Solids

W.p. Wang, K.K. Wang · IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications · 1986 · 338 citations

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Strong‐Lensing Analysis of A1689 from Deep Advanced Camera Images

Tom Broadhurst, Dan Coe, Keren Sharon et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 336 citations · Full text

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  1. LG
    Laura Gardini

    University of Urbino, Italy

    9 publications · 550 citations

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  2. TB
    Tom Broadhurst

    University of the Basque Country, Spain

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. AZ
    Adi Zitrin

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    7 publications · 522 citations

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  4. MS
    M. S. Sodha

    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

    6 publications · 185 citations

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  5. EU
    E. U. Franck

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

    6 publications · 308 citations

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  1. University of the Basque Country

    Leioa, Spain

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    1K citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Ikerbasque

    Bilbao, Spain

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    791 citations

  4. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Instituto de Física de Cantabria

    Santander, Spain

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    680 citations

  6. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    657 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    625 citations

  8. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    872 citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 15 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos

    IJBC · 11 publications · 413 citations

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 10 publications · 474 citations

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