Published January 15, 2007 | Version v1
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Kerr-Sen dilaton-axion black hole lensing in the strong deflection limit

  • 1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, 5 James Bourchier Boulevard, 1164 Sofia (Bulgaria)

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In the present work we study numerically quasiequatorial lensing by the charged, stationary, axially symmetric Kerr-Sen dilaton-axion black hole in the strong deflection limit. In this approximation we compute the magnification and the positions of the relativistic images. The most outstanding effect is that the Kerr-Sen black hole caustics drift away from the optical axis and shift in the clockwise direction with respect to the Kerr caustics. The intersections of the critical curves on the equatorial plane as a function of the black hole angular momentum are found, and it is shown that they decrease with the increase of the parameter Q2/M. All of the lensing quantities are compared to particular cases as Schwarzschild, Kerr, and Gibbons-Maeda black holes

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 023006-023006.15
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2007 The American Physical Society