Effective refractive index tensor for weak-field gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/22/11/001MaRDI QIDQ5462726zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Petarpa Boonserm, Céline Cattoën, Tristan Faber, Matt Visser, Silke Weinfurtner

Publication date 3 August 2005

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0411034

zbMATH Keywords

effective refractive indexgravitational lensingweak-field gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55)

Abstract: Gravitational lensing in a weak but otherwise arbitrary gravitational field can be described in terms of a 3 x 3 tensor, the "effective refractive index". If the sources generating the gravitational field all have small internal fluxes, stresses, and pressures, then this tensor is automatically isotropic and the "effective refractive index" is simply a scalar that can be determined in terms of a classic result involving the Newtonian gravitational potential. In contrast if anisotropic stresses are ever important then the gravitational field acts similarly to an anisotropic crystal. We derive simple formulae for the refractive index tensor, and indicate some situations in which this will be important.

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