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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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@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