Verification of Einstein's formula for gravitational deflection of light using observations of Galactic microlensing
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2020-12-22 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract
The potential of the gravitational microlensing inside our Galaxy for testing the Einstein formula for the gravitational light deflection is discussed. For this purpose, the lens mapping is modified by introducing parameter eps, which characterizes the deviation from this formula. An example of such deviation described by a simple power law is analyzed. We formed a sample of 100 microlensing light curves using the data of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) for 2018. The resulting eps value does not contradict the General Relativity within 1 percent errors.
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@article{arxiv.2004.07522,
title = {Verification of Einstein's formula for gravitational deflection of light using observations of Galactic microlensing},
author = {A. N. Alexandrov and V. M. Sliusar and V. I. Zhdanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.07522},
year = {2020}
}
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12 pages, 1 figure