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Gravitational lensing by a Horndeski black hole

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-11-27 v2

Abstract

In this article we study gravitational lensing by non-rotating and asymptotically flat black holes in Horndeski theory. By adopting the strong deflection limit, we calculate the deflection angle, from which we obtain the positions and the magnifications of the relativistic images. We compare our results with those corresponding to black holes in General Relativity. We analyze the astrophysical consequences in the case of the nearest supermassive black holes.

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@article{arxiv.1707.02970,
  title  = {Gravitational lensing by a Horndeski black hole},
  author = {Javier Badía and Ernesto F. Eiroa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.02970},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

12 pages, 4 figures; v2: improved version, new references added