On the efficient computation of the quadrupole light deflection

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/1/015009MaRDI QIDQ3074616zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sven Zschocke, Sergei A. Klioner

Publication date 9 February 2011

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.4899

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) General questions in astronomy and astrophysics (85A04) Astronomy and astrophysics (85A99)

Abstract: Although the formulas for the light deflection due to quadrupole gravitational field of deflecting bodies are well known, the formulas are rather complicated, so that massive computations of quadrupole light deflection (e.g., in the framework of astrometric survey missions like Gaia) are time-consuming. Considering an observer situated within a few million kilometers from the Earth (clearly the most practical case), we derive the simplest possible form of the relevant formulas still having numerical accuracy of 1 micro-arcsecond. This form leads to simple upper estimates for the quadrupole light deflection in various cases allowing one to relate the magnitude of the actual quadrupole deflection with the corresponding monopole deflection due to the same body. These upper estimates can be used to decide if, for a given configuration, the actual quadrupole deflection should be computed for a given accuracy goal.

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