The equivalence principle and the bending of light
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-07 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
The apparent discrepancy between the bending of light predicted by the equivalence principle and its corresponding value in general relativity is resolved by evaluating the deflection of light with respect to a direction that is parallel transported along the ray trajectory in 3-space. In this way the bending predicted by the equivalence principle is fulfilled in general relativity and other alternative metric theories of gravity.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0209028,
title = {The equivalence principle and the bending of light},
author = {Rafael Ferraro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0209028},
year = {2009}
}
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7 pages, 1 figure, to be published in American Journal of Physics