Electromagnetic wave scattering by Schwarzschild black holes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-07-22 v1
Abstract
We analyze the scattering of a planar monochromatic electromagnetic wave incident upon a Schwarzschild black hole. We obtain accurate numerical results from the partial wave method for the electromagnetic scattering cross section, and show that they are in excellent agreement with analytical approximations. The scattering of electromagnetic waves is compared with the scattering of scalar, spinor and gravitational waves. We present a unified picture of the scattering of all massless fields for the first time.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0905.3339,
title = {Electromagnetic wave scattering by Schwarzschild black holes},
author = {Luís C. B. Crispino and Sam R. Dolan and Ednilton S. Oliveira},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.3339},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett