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Gravitational lensing by a charged black hole of string theory

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-10 v1 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study gravitational lensing by the Gibbons-Maeda-Garfinkle-Horowitz-Strominger (GMGHS) charged black hole of heterotic string theory and obtain the angular position and magnification of the relativistic images. Modeling the supermassive central object of the galaxy as a GMGHS black hole, we estimate the numerical values of different strong-lensing parameters. We find that there is no significant string effect present in the lensing observables in the strong-gravity scenario.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0306016,
  title  = {Gravitational lensing by a charged black hole of string theory},
  author = {A. Bhadra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0306016},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages