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In the gravitational lensing of gravitational waves, the wave optics should be used instead of the geometrical optics when the wavelength $\lambda$ of the gravitational waves is longer than the Schwarzschild radius of the lens mass $M_L$.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ryuichi Takahashi , Takashi Nakamura

In this article, we analyze the weak gravitational lensing in the context of Einstein-non-linear Maxwell-Yukawa black hole. To this desire, we derive the deflection angle of light by Einstein-non-linear Maxwell-Yukawa black hole using the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-21 Wajiha Javed , Muhammad Bilal Khadim , Ali Övgün

The massless conformally coupled scalar field is characterized by the so-called "new improved stress-energy tensor", which is capable of classically violating the null energy condition. When coupled to Einstein gravity we find a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Carlos Barcelo , Matt Visser

We give precise details to support that observations of gravitational lensing at scales of individual, groups and clusters of galaxies can be understood in terms of non-Newtonian gravitational interactions with a relativistic structure…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-02 S. Mendoza , G. J. Olmo

This work presents a new class of static, spherically symmetric traversable wormhole solutions within the framework of non-minimal Einstein-Yang-Mills (EYM) gravity, where the SU(2) Yang-Mills field is purely magnetic. By adopting a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-08 Jureeporn Yuennan , Allah Ditta , Thammarong Eadkhong , Phongpichit Channuie

We discuss gravitational lensing by elliptical galaxies with some particular mass distributions. Using simple techniques from the theory of quadrature domains and the Schwarz function (cf. \cite{Sh}) we show that when the mass density is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-08-21 C. D. Fassnacht , C. R. Keeton , D. Khavinson

In this paper, we investigate the microlensing effects of wormholes associated to black hole spacetimes. Specifically, we work on three typical wormholes (WH): Schwarzschild WH, Kerr WH, and RN WH, as well as their blackhole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-09 Ke Gao , Lei-Hua Liu , Mian Zhu

In a recent paper [Ruffa] it was proposed that the massive black hole at the Galactic center may act as a gravitational lens focusing gravitational wave energy to the Earth. Considering the gravitational wave signal emitted by galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. De Paolis , G. Ingrosso , A. A. Nucita , A. Qadir

In this paper I present a spacetime of two open universes connected by a Lorentzian wormhole. The spacetime has the following features: (1) It can exactly solve the Einstein equations; (2) The weak energy condition is satisfied everywhere;…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Li-Xin Li

We derive the metric of a circular chiral vorton in the weak field limit. The object is self-supporting by means of its chiral current. A conical singularity with deficit angle, identical to that of straight string with the same linear mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-08 Leonardus B. Putra , H. S. Ramadhan

This work aims to explore the gravitational consequences of a recently proposed black hole solution presented in the literature [Phys. Dark Univ. 50 (2025) 102061]. We initiate our analyzes by taking into account the horizon structure,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-18 A. A. Araújo Filho , N. Heidari , Iarley P. Lobo

Gauss-Bonnet formula is used to derive a new and simple theorem of nonexistence of vacuum static nonsingular lorentzian wormholes. We also derive simple proofs for the nonexistence of lorentzian wormhole solutions for some classes of static…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Alberto Saa

The Lema\^{\i}tre-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) solution to the Einstein equations describes the dynamics of a self-gravitating spherically symmetric dust cloud with an arbitrary density profile and any distribution of initial velocities, encoded in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-15 Kirill A. Bronnikov , Valeria A. Ishkaeva , Sergey V. Sushkov

According to the theory of general relativity, masses deflect light in a way similar to convex glass lenses. This gravitational lensing effect is astigmatic, giving rise to image distortions. These distortions allow to quantify cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 Matthias Bartelmann , Matteo Maturi

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

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

We study the Lorentzian static traversable wormholes coupled to quadratic scalar fields. We also obtain the solutions of the scalar fields and matters in the wormhole background and find that the minimal size of the wormhole should be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 S. -W. Kim , S. P. Kim

Gravitational-wave (GW) scattering in strong gravitational fields is a central problem in GW lensing. Yet, conventional treatments based on asymptotic expansions suffer from divergences and become unreliable near the optical axis. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-01 Zhao Li , Shaoqi Hou , Wen Zhao

Acoustic black hole is becoming an attractive topic in recent years, for it open-up new direction for experimental / observational explorations of black holes. In this work, the gravitational bending of acoustic Schwarzschild black hole is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-11 Chen-Kai Qiao , Mi Zhou

We investigate the astrophysical consequences of black holes in quadratic gravity, characterized by the parameters $S_0$, $S_2$, $m_0$ and $m_2$, in addition to the black hole mass $M$. To evaluate the physical validity of the fundamental…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-24 Somi Aktar , Niyaz Uddin Molla , Farook Rahaman , G. Mustafa