The path of light rays traversing a binary system

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/23/235015MaRDI QIDQ3466384zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nahid Ahmadi, Zainab Sedaghatmanesh

Publication date 1 February 2016

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.03921

zbMATH Keywords

binary starslight deflectionmotion of a photonrestricted three-body problemweak gravitational field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Three-body problems (70F07) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25)

Abstract: We examine the motion of a photon in the gravitational field of a binary system. The equations of motion are geodesic equations in a Schwarzchild background with a tidal force. We specialize the equations to that of an edge-on binary and use the method of osculating elements to integrate them. This work helps to identify a binary system through the gravitational light deflection of one member in the gravitational field of the other member. It is found that the effects of the companion body on a photon passing the edge of the star can be potentially detected by astrometric satellites with $mu$as precision, if the ratio of the Schwarzchid radius to the star radius, $fracGm{c}^{2}Rgeq10^{-5}$. Two different cumulative effects on the photon path are identified.

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