Gravitational bending angle of light for finite distance and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem
Gravitational bending angle of light for finite distance and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevd.94.084015
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发表时间:
2016-04
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5
通讯作者:
Asahi Ishihara;Yusuke Suzuki;T. Ono;Takao Kitamura;H. Asada
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作者:
Asahi Ishihara;Yusuke Suzuki;T. Ono;Takao Kitamura;H. Asada
We discuss a possible extension of calculations of the bending angle of light in a static, spherically symmetric and asymptotically flat spacetime to a nonasymptotically flat case. We examine a relation between the bending angle of light and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem by using the optical metric. A correspondence between the deflection angle of light and the surface integral of the Gaussian curvature may allow us to take account of the finite distance from a lens object to a light source and a receiver. Using this relation, we propose a method for calculating the bending angle of light for such cases. Finally, this method is applied to two examples of the nonasymptotically flat spacetimes to suggest finite-distance corrections: the Kottler (Schwarzschild\char21{}de Sitter) solution to the Einstein equation and an exact solution in Weyl conformal gravity.