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In this paper, we first use the optical metrics of black-bounce traversable wormholes to calculate the Gaussian curvature. Then we use the Gauss-Bonnet theorem to obtain the weak deflection angle of light from the black-bounce traversable…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-10 Ali Övgün

In the present work, we analyze the gravitational deflection for a light beam in the weak and strong field regimes for the gravitational analogue geometry of an acoustic black hole (ABH) and acoustic black-bounce (ABB). Motivationally, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-09 C. F. S. Pereira , A. R. Soares , M. V. de S. Silva , R. L. L. Vitória , H. Belich

We investigate the gravitational lensing properties and the formation of relativistic images associated with black holes modeled by the Reissner-Nordstr\"om and Kerr space-time geometries. In particular, we perform numerical computations of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-02 Angelika Ghazale , Oliver F. Piattella

In this paper, we study the deflection of light by a class of phantom black hole and wormhole solutions in the weak limit approximation. More specifically, in the first part of this work, we study the deflection of light by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-01 Ali Övgün , Galin Gyulchev , Kimet Jusufi

Observations of gravitational lenses in strong gravitational fields give us a clue to understanding dark compact objects. In this paper, we extend a method to obtain a deflection angle in a strong deflection limit provided by Bozza [Phys.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-05 Naoki Tsukamoto

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

It has been shown that a noncommutative-geometry background may be able to support traversable wormholes. This paper discusses the possible detection of such wormholes in the outer regions of galactic halos by means of gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-16 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

The problem of bending and scattering of light rays passing outside from the entrance to a wormhole with zero gravitational mass is considered. The process of ray capture by a wormhole as well as the process of formation of a shadow when…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-07 Mikhail A. Bugaev , Igor D. Novikov , Serge V. Repin , Anna A. Shelkovnikova

The distortion of the spacetime structure in the surroundings of black holes affects the trajectories of light rays. As a consequence, black holes can act as gravitational lenses. Observations of type Ia supernovas, show that our Universe…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-14 Ernesto F. Eiroa , Carlos M. Sendra

We study gravitational lensing by a class of zero Ricci scalar wormholes which arise as solutions in a scalar-tensor theory of gravity. An attempt is made to find a possible link between lensing features, stable/unstable photon orbits and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-29 Rajibul Shaikh , Sayan Kar

In the present paper, we study several aspects of gravitational lensing caused by a topologically charged Monopole/Wormhole, both in the weak field limit and in the strong field limit. We calculate the light deflection and then use it to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-17 A. R. Soares , R. L. L. Vitória , C. F. S. Pereira

This paper investigates the novel phenomenon of gravitational lensing experienced by gravitational waves traveling past a Schwarzschild black hole perturbed by a specific, first-order, polar gravitational wave. We utilize the Gauss-Bonnet…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-23 Reggie C. Pantig , Ali Övgün

We investigate the gravitational lensing of a Schwarzschild-de Sitter black hole with a global monopole at finite distances. In this asymptotically nonflat spacetime, the deflection angle of light is decomposed into two parts: the first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-03 Yi Lu , Xiao-Yin Pan , Meng-Yun Lai , Qing-hai Wang

A Simpson-Visser spacetime has two nonnegative parameters $a$ and $m$ and its metric is correspond with (i) a Schwarzschild metric for $a=0$ and $m\neq0$, (ii) a regular black hole metric for $a<2m$, (iii) a one-way traversable wormhole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-27 Naoki Tsukamoto

Compact objects with a light sphere such as black holes and wormholes can reflect light rays like a mirror. This gravitational lensing phenomenon is called retrolensing and it is an interesting tool to survey dark and compact objects with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-24 Naoki Tsukamoto , Yungui Gong

We examine a class of charged black holes in scalar-tensor gravity as gravitational lenses. We find the deflection angle in the strong deflection limit, from which we obtain the positions and the magnifications of the relativistic images.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-01 Ernesto F. Eiroa , Carlos M. Sendra

Gravitational lensing refers to the deflection of light by the gravity of celestial bodies, often predominantly composed of dark matter. Seen through a gravitational lens, the images of distant galaxies appear distorted. In this paper we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-22 Hans Georg Schaatun , Ben David Normann , Einar Leite Austnes , Simon Ingebrigtsen , Sondre Westbø Remøy , Simon Nedreberg Runde

Black hole lensing and gravitational waves are, respectively, closely dependent of the property of the lens and radiation source. In this letter, a universal relation between them is established for a rotating black hole acting…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-02-26 Shao-Wen Wei , Yu-Xiao Liu

We determine the angle of deflection of light by the gravitational field inside and outside a spherical body with a homogeneous mass density. We show that the largest deflections, which can be measured by weak gravitational lensing, are in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-28 Nikodem Popławski

Strong gravitational lensing occurs when photons pass through the vicinity of a black hole. We investigate this phenomenon in the context of a gravitational-wave event, specifically when a black hole is settling into its final state. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-29 Zhen Zhong , Vitor Cardoso , Yifan Chen