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Gravitational deflection of relativistic massive particles by wormholes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-02-05 v2

Abstract

In this paper, the gravitational deflection of relativistic massive particles up to the second post-Minkowskian order by static and spherically symmetric wormholes is investigated in the weak-field limit. These wormholes include the Janis-Newman-Winicour wormhole, a class of zero Ricci scalar scalar-tensor wormholes, and a class of charged Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton wormholes. With the Jacobi metric approach, the Gauss-Bonnet theorem is employed to study the gravitational deflection. In this scheme, the deflection angle as a topological effect is considered. Moreover, we analyze the influence of the spacetime parameters on the results.

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@article{arxiv.1908.01647,
  title  = {Gravitational deflection of relativistic massive particles by wormholes},
  author = {Zonghai Li and Guansheng He and Tao Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.01647},
  year   = {2020}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D