Strong field limit analysis of gravitational retro-lensing

Preprint

12 December 2003

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.gr-qc/0311013

Abstract

We present a complete treatment in the strong field limit of gravitational retro-lensing by a static spherically symmetric compact object having a photon sphere. The results are compared with those corresponding to ordinary lensing in similar strong field situations. As examples of application of the formalism, a supermassive black hole at the galactic center and a stellar mass black hole in the galactic halo are studied as retro-lenses, in both cases using the Schwarzschild and Reissner-Nordstrom geometries.

Keywords

GRAVITATIONAL RETRO
COMPACT OBJECT
LIMIT ANALYSIS
RETRO LENSING
STRONG FIELD
FIELD LIMIT
BLACK HOLE

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Version 1, 2003-11-04, ArXiv
Version 2, 2003-12-12, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review D, 69 (6), 063004.

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