Published August 15, 2007 | Version v1
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Contribution of the cosmological constant to the relativistic bending of light revisited

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083 (United States)

Description

We study the effect of the cosmological constant Λ on the bending of light by a concentrated spherically symmetric mass. Contrarily to previous claims, we show that, when the Schwarzschild-de Sitter geometry is taken into account, Λ does indeed contribute to the bending

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.043006;
arXiv
arXiv:0709.2948v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 043006-043006.5
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39049480
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; COSMOLOGY; DE SITTER GROUP; GEOMETRY; MASS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY RANGE; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICS; METRICS; RADIATIONS; SYMMETRY GROUPS

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