Published July 1, 1983 | Version v1
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Image distortion by gravitational lensing

Creators

  • 1. Physics Department, Brockport State College, New York

Description

Gunn's phase-function treatment of the shear of a light-wave bundle is applied to a spherically symmetric metric. The use of first-order general relativity provides a formula for image distortion due to gravitational lensing in agreement with the results of other investigators

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophys. J.
Journal Volume
270
Journal Issue
1
Series
Astrophys. J.
Journal Page Range
245-249
ISSN
0004-637X

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15014510
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GEODESICS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL LENSES; IMAGES; METRICS; RADIATION TRANSPORT
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; LENSES