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The 0th order of affine perturbation series of the deflection angle of a ray near a photon sphere is more accurate than a deflection angle in a strong deflection limit, which is used often, because the later has hidden error terms. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-14 Naoki Tsukamoto

We will mainly discuss the measurable angle (local angle) of the light ray $\psi_P$ at the position of the observer $P$ instead of the total deflection angle (global angle) $\alpha$ in Kerr spacetime. We will investigate not only the effect…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-06 Hideyoshi Arakida

The trajectory deflection and gravitational-electromagnetic dual lensing (GEL) of charged signal in general charged static and spherically symmetric spacetimes are considered in this work. We showed that the perturbative approach previously…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-25 Xiaoge Xu , Tingyuan Jiang , Junji Jia

The deflection angle $\Delta\phi$ of light rays by the gravitational field of a spherical system $M(r)$ is calculated using the MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND). It is shown that $\Delta\phi$ with an impact parameter $r_0$ can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Q. Bo , X. P. Wu , Z. L. Zou

The physical deflection angle of a light ray propagating in a space-time supplied with an asymptotically flat metric has to be expressed in terms of the impact parameter.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. -M. Gerard , S. Pireaux

This paper uses the Schwarzschild metric to derive an effective refractive index and acceleration vector that account for relativistic deflection of light rays, in an otherwise classical kinematic framework. The new refractive index and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 S. J. Walters , L. K. Forbes , P. D. Jarvis

By using a method improved with a generalized optical metric, the deflection of light for an observer and source at finite distance from a lens object in a stationary, axisymmetric and asymptotically flat spacetime has been recently…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-08 Toshiaki Ono , Asahi Ishihara , Hideki Asada

In this paper we study the gravitational lensing effect for the Schwarzschild solution with holonomy corrections. We use two types of approximation methods to calculate the deflection angle, namely the weak and strong field limits. For the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-10 Ednaldo L. B. Junior , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Manuel E. Rodrigues , Henrique A. Vieira

We present a strong-deflection expansion for the deflection angle of light rays scattered near a degenerate photon sphere in asymptotically flat, static, and spherically symmetric spacetimes. Our prescription isolates the divergent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-14 Takahisa Igata , Tadashi Sasaki , Naoki Tsukamoto

The aim of the present work is twofold: first, we present general remarks about the application of recent procedures to compute the deflection angle in spherically symmetric and asymptotically flat spacetimes, taking into account finite…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-12 Gabriel Crisnejo , Emanuel Gallo , Adam Rogers

In this work we study the deflection and gravitational lensing of null and timelike signals in the Kiselev spacetime in the weak field limit, to investigate the effects of the equation of state parameter $\omega$ and the matter amount…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-21 Haotian Liu , Jinning Liang , Junji Jia

We investigate the deflection of photons in the strong deflection limit within static and axisymmetric spacetimes possessing reflection symmetry. As the impact parameter approaches its critical value, the deflection angle exhibits a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-21 Takahisa Igata

Various authors have investigated the problem of light deflection by radially moving gravitational lenses - with inconsistent results. In this paper we generalize the calculations for arbitrary lens velocities and show that, to first order…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Olaf Wucknitz , Ulrich Sperhake

We investigate the deflection angle in a strong deflection limit for a marginally unstable photon sphere in a general asymptotically flat, static and spherically symmetric spacetime under some assumptions to calculate observables. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-12 Naoki Tsukamoto

Assuming a static and spherically symmetric spacetime, we propose a novel concept of the total deflection angle of a light ray. The concept is defined by the difference between the sum of internal angles of two triangles; one of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-18 Hideyoshi Arakida

Near a gravitating compact object, massive particles traveling along timelike geodesics are gravitationally deflected similarly to light. In this paper, we study the deflection angles of these particles in the strong deflection limit. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-12 Fabiano Feleppa , Valerio Bozza , Oleg Yu. Tsupko

The bending of lightrays by the gravitational field of a ``lens'' that is moving relative to the observer is calculated within the approximation of weak fields, small angles and thin lenses. Up to first order in $v/c$ -- and assuming the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Simonetta Frittelli

The new method of invariant definition of the measurable angle of light deflection in the static central symmetric gravitational field is suggested. The predicted pure gravitational contribution to the deflection angle slightly differs from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Tertychniy

In this paper we discuss a new method which can be used to obtain arbitrarily accurate analytical expressions for the deflection angle of light propagating in a given metric. Our method works by mapping the integral into a rapidly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Paolo Amore , Santiago Arceo Diaz

Gravitational lensing constitutes one of the most direct observational manifestations of spacetime curvature and provides a powerful probe of compact astrophysical objects. In this work, we present a comprehensive analysis of the bending of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-21 Partha Pratim Basumallick , Saheb Das , Bhaswati Mandal , Subhadip Sau