Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Aug 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980ap%26ss..71..171e&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 71, no. 1, Aug. 1980, p. 171-194.
Physics
Optics
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Electromagnetic Radiation, Gravitational Lenses, Poynting Theorem, Radiation Distribution, Schwarzschild Metric, Wave Diffraction, Electric Dipoles, Electromagnetic Fields, Geometrical Optics, Green'S Functions, Maxwell Equation, Space-Time Functions
Scientific paper
In order to study the gravitational lens effect in detail this paper investigates the electromagnetic radiation generated by an electric dipole oscillating with high frequency in the Schwarzschild metric outside the horizon. Expressions for the Newman-Penrose tetrad components characterizing the radiation field are derived in a suitable approximation. The Poynting vector is discussed in the region behind the deflecting mass (black hole, neutron star) in the fully coherent case for large distances of source and observer from the center of the lens. Intensity and gain in the focal region coincide with the corresponding values applying to scalar radiation. An observer sees double images of the source outside the focal region. The results (positions of the images, relative intensities) are compared with those occurring in the case of an incident plane wave (recently treated by Herlt and Stephani) and with the properties of the images in the (geometrical optics) limit of incoherent radiation.
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