A different method for calculation of the deflection angle of light passing close to a massive object by Fermat's principle

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2013.09.004MaRDI QIDQ306904zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Harun Akkus

Publication date 1 September 2016

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aop.2013.09.004

zbMATH Keywords

bending of lightBuckingham pi-theoremFermat's principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Geometric optics (78A05)

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