Wave optics in black hole spacetimes: the Schwarzschild case

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/7/075011MaRDI QIDQ2806315zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yasusada Nambu, Sousuke Noda

Publication date 17 May 2016

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.05468

zbMATH Keywords

black holeRegge polesSchwarzschild spacetimescattering matrixwave opticsimage formationscattering wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave equation (35L05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Black holes (83C57) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27)

Abstract: We investigate the wave optics in the Schwarzschild spacetime. Applying the standard formalism of wave scattering problems, the Green function represented by the sum over the partial waves is evaluated using the Poisson sum formula. The effect of orbiting scattering due to the unstable circular orbit for null rays is taken into account as the contribution of the Regge poles of the scattering matrix and the asymptotic form of the scattering wave is obtained in the eikonal limit. Using this wave function, images of the black hole illuminated by a point source are reconstructed. We also discuss the wave effect in the frequency domain caused by the interference between the direct rays and the winding rays.

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