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We discuss weak lensing characteristics in the gravitational field of a compact object in the low-energy approximation of fourth order f(R) gravity theory. The particular solution is characterized by a gravitational strength parameter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-12-05 Zsolt Horváth , László Á. Gergely , David Hobill , Salvatore Capozziello , Mariafelicia De Laurentis

We investigate gravitational lensing by a primary photon sphere which is a sphere filled with unstable circular light orbits, and by a secondary photon sphere on a wormhole throat in a black-bounce spacetime which is suggested in [F. S. N.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-15 Naoki Tsukamoto

Strong field gravitational lensing in the Brans-Dicke theory has been studied. The deflection angle for photons passing very close to the photon sphere is estimated for the static spherically symmetric space-time of the theory and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-02 Kabita Sarkar , Arunava Bhadra

We study gravitational lensing in the strong-field limit using the rotating quantum-corrected black hole (RQCBH) with an additional parameter $\alpha$ besides mass $M$ and spin parameter $a$. We discover a decrease in the deflection angle…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-19 Amnish Vachher , Sushant G. Ghosh

We model massive compact objects in galactic nuclei as stationary, axially-symmetric naked singularities in the Einstein-massless scalar field theory and study the resulting gravitational lensing. In the weak deflection limit we study…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-12-18 Galin N. Gyulchev , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev

We derive the deflection angle up to $O(m^2a)$ due to a Kerr gravitational lens with mass $m$ and specific angular momentum $a$. It is known that at the linear order in $m$ and $a$ the Kerr lens is observationally equivalent to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Hideki Asada , Masumi Kasai , Tatsuya Yamamoto

We investigate the gravitational lensing of massless particles around a Kerr-Sen black hole immersed in a magnetized, cold, pressureless plasma medium. Both homogeneous and inhomogeneous plasma distributions are considered in this study to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-15 Saswati Roy , Shubham Kala , Sayanika Modak , Hemwati Nandan , Amare Abebe

We have investigated the strong gravitational lensing for the photons coupled to Weyl tensor in a Schwarzschild black hole spacetime. We find that in the four-dimensional black hole spacetime the equation of motion of the photons depends…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-05 Songbai Chen , Jiliang Jing

In this paper, we investigate the gravitational lensing properties of magnetically charged black holes within the framework of nonlinear electrodynamics. We derive the deflection angle and examine the influence of the nonlinear…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-23 Hira Waseem , Nikko John Leo S. Lobos , Ali Övgün , Reggie C. Pantig

Adopting the strong field limit approach, we studied the properties of strong field gravitational lensing in the deformed H\v{o}rava-Lifshitz black hole and obtained the angular position and magnification of the relativistic images.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-08-13 Songbai Chen , Jiliang Jing

We systematically examine the properties of null geodesics around an electrically charged, asymptotically flat black hole in Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity, varying the electric charge of black hole and the coupling constant in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-30 Hajime Sotani , Umpei Miyamoto

We investigate the strong gravitational lensing and shadow properties of the black hole in the context of bumblebee gravity, characterized by a global monopole charge $\kappa\eta^2$ and a Lorentz symmetry breaking parameter $\gamma$. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-01 Bijendra Kumar Vishvakarma , Shubham Kala

If it is hypothesised that there is no dark matter then some alternative gravitational theory must take the place of general relativity (GR) on the largest scales. Dynamical measurements can be used to investigate the nature of such a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Daniel J. Mortlock , Edwin L. Turner

We study strong gravitational lensing in rotating space-times which can be thought of as realistic galactic models in General Relativity. To this end, using the Newman-Janis algorithm, we first obtain a rotating version of a static galactic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-20 Pritam Banerjee , Suvankar Paul , Tapobrata Sarkar

Noncommutative geometry may be a starting point to a quantum gravity. We study the influence of the spacetime noncommutative parameter on the strong field gravitational lensing in the noncommutative Schwarzschild black-hole spacetime and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-22 Chikun Ding , Shuai Kang , Chang-Yong Chen , Songbai Chen , Jiliang Jing

The Kerr black holes possess a photon region with prograde and retrograde orbits radii, respectively, $M\leq r_p^-\leq 3M$ and $3M\leq r_p^+\leq 4M$, and thereby always cast a closed photon ring or a shadow silhouette for $a\leq M$. For…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-25 Rahul Kumar , Sushant G. Ghosh

We investigate strong gravitational lensing using magnetized Kerr black holes (MKBHs), which are accurate Kerr-Bertotti-Robinson solutions for Kerr black holes in a uniform magnetic field with additional magnetic field strength $B$ apart…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-28 Amnish Vachher , Arun Kumar , Sushant G. Ghosh

The lensing at large deflection angles caused by a Schwarzschild black hole for the case of a nonminimal coupling between gravitation and electromagnetism is examined. We show that photons follow an effective geometry, which displays an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-01 Santiago E. P. Bergliaffa , Edson Elias de Souza Filho , Rodrigo Maier

Strong gravitational lensing from black holes results in the formation of relativistic images, in particular, relativistic Einstein rings. For objects with event horizons, the radius of the unstable light ring (photon sphere) is the lowest…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-21 Rajibul Shaikh , Pritam Banerjee , Suvankar Paul , Tapobrata Sarkar

We have investigated the strong gravitational lensing in a rotating squashed Kaluza-Klein (KK) black hole spacetime. Our result show that the strong gravitational lensings in the rotating squashed KK black hole spacetime have some distinct…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-01 LiYong Ji , Songbai Chen , Jiliang Jing