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Optical properties of null geodesics emerging from dynamical systems

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-05-12 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study optical metrics via null geodesics as a central force system, deduce the related Binet equation and apply the analysis to certain solutions of Einstein's equations with and without spherical symmetry. A general formula for the deflection angle in the weak lensing regime for the Schwarzschild-Tangherlini (ST) metric is derived. In addition, we obtain a new weak lensing formula for the deflection angle on the equatorial plane of a Kerr black hole (BH). We also explore the bending of light by considering the gravitational objects described by the Tomimatsu-Sato (TS) metric.

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@article{arxiv.2205.05308,
  title  = {Optical properties of null geodesics emerging from dynamical systems},
  author = {D. Batic and S. Chanda and P. Guha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.05308},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

18 pages, 3 figures

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