Determination of angle of light deflection in higher-derivative gravity theories

DOI10.1063/1.5009911zbMATH Open1387.83071arXiv1709.04127OpenAlexW2766497870WikidataQ130156190 ScholiaQ130156190MaRDI QIDQ4635283FDOQ4635283

Chenmei Xu, Yisong Yang

Publication date: 16 April 2018

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Gravitational light deflection is known as one of three classical tests of general relativity and the angle of deflection may be computed explicitly using approximate or exact solutions describing the gravitational force generated from a point mass. In various generalized gravity theories, however, such explicit determination is often impossible due to the difficulty with obtaining an exact expression for the deflection angle. In this work, we present some highly effective globally convergent iterative methods to determine the angle of semiclassical gravitational deflection in higher- and infinite-derivative formalisms of quantum gravity theories. We also establish the universal properties that the deflection angle always stays below the classical Einstein angle and is a strictly decreasing function of the incident photon energy, in these formalisms.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.04127

zbMATH Keywords

angle of light deflectionhigher-derivative gravity theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Iteration theory, iterative and composite equations (39B12)

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