Second-order contribution to the gravitational deflection of light
- 15 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 22 (12) , 2950-2952
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.22.2950
Abstract
We calculate the gravitational deflection of light to second order in the Newtonian constant . For a light ray passing the Sun with impact parameter , the deflection in general relativity is radians.
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