A simple calculation of the deflection of light in a Schwarzschild gravitational field

Details A simple calculation of the deflection of light in a Schwarzschild gravitational field A simple calculation of the deflection of light in a Schwarzschild gravitational field

Dec 1997

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American Journal of Physics, Volume 65, Issue 12, pp. 1194-1196 (1997).

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Educational Aids, Fundamental Problems And General Formalism

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The problem of the deflection of light in a medium with varying refractive index is applied to the motion of light in a weak Schwarzschild gravitational field. In contrast to the standard deviation, the present method is physically transparent, providing a clear reason for the factor-of-2 deviation of the general relativistic result from that of the Newtonian theory without any detailed calculation.

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