English

Establishing a universal relation between gravitational waves and black hole lensing

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-02-26 v1

Abstract

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 simultaneously as a lens and a gravitational wave source, in an asymptotically flat spacetime. The relation only relies on the lens geometry and observable, while is independent of the specific nature of the black hole. Therefore, the possible gravitational wave sources could be located with modern astronomical instrument from the side of the lensing without knowing the specific nature of the black hole lens. Moreover, the low bound of the frequency of the gravitational waves can also be well determined.

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@article{arxiv.1309.6375,
  title  = {Establishing a universal relation between gravitational waves and black hole lensing},
  author = {Shao-Wen Wei and Yu-Xiao Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.6375},
  year   = {2014}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures

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