Gravitational Lensing in Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-02-14 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
We present a framework for studying gravitational lensing in spherically symmetric spacetimes using 1+1+2 covariant methods. A general formula for the deflection angle is derived and we show how this can be used to recover the standard result for the Schwarzschild spacetime.
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@article{arxiv.1002.2041,
title = {Gravitational Lensing in Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes},
author = {Bonita de Swardt and Peter K. S. Dunsby and Chris Clarkson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.2041},
year = {2010}
}
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14 pages