The geometry of gravitational lensing magnification

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2015.11.006zbMATH Open1332.83023arXiv1507.02765OpenAlexW2963236336MaRDI QIDQ899228FDOQ899228

Amir B. Aazami, Marcus C. Werner

Publication date: 23 December 2015

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a definition of unsigned magnification in gravitational lensing valid on arbitrary convex normal neighborhoods of time oriented Lorentzian manifolds. This definition is a function defined at any two points along a null geodesic that lie in a convex normal neighborhood, and foregoes the usual notions of lens and source planes in gravitational lensing. Rather, it makes essential use of the van Vleck determinant, which we present via the exponential map, and Etherington's definition of luminosity distance for arbitrary spacetimes. We then specialize our definition to spacetimes, like Schwarzschild's, in which the lens is compact and isolated, and show that our magnification function is monotonically increasing along any geodesic contained within a convex normal neighborhood.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.02765

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitational lensingexponential mapluminosity distancevan Vleck determinanttime oriented Lorentzian manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) General questions in astronomy and astrophysics (85A04) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05)

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