Gravitational Lensing in Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes

Details Gravitational Lensing in Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes Gravitational Lensing in Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes

2010-02-10

arxiv.org/abs/1002.2041v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

14 pages

Scientific paper

We present a framework for studying gravitational lensing in spherically
symmetric spacetimes using 1+1+2 covariant methods. A general formula for the
deflection angle is derived and we show how this can be used to recover the
standard result for the Schwarzschild spacetime.

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