Gravitational lensing in the Kerr-Randers optical geometry
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-06-05 v2 Astrophysics of Galaxies
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
A new geometric method to determine the deflection of light in the equatorial plane of the Kerr solution is presented, whose optical geometry is a surface with a Finsler metric of Randers type. Applying the Gauss-Bonnet theorem to a suitable osculating Riemannian manifold, adapted from a construction by Naz\i m, it is shown explicitly how the two leading terms of the asymptotic deflection angle of gravitational lensing can be found in this way.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.3876,
title = {Gravitational lensing in the Kerr-Randers optical geometry},
author = {M. C. Werner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.3876},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
7 pages, 1 figure. Accepted by Gen. Rel. Grav. Version 2: change of notation in sec. 3