The apparent size of distant objects

DOI10.1007/BF00760656MaRDI QIDQ1819767zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Wolfgang Hasse

Publication date 1987

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00760656

zbMATH Keywords

apparent diameterdistant objectdistortionpseudo-Riemannian space-time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) General relativity (83C99)

Review text

A formula in terms of the exponential map is derived, which reveals for any observer in an arbitrary pseudo-Riemannian space-time the apparent diameter (i.e., the angular diameter) of any distant object. The formula shows immediately the existence of the effect of apparent distortion of the objects. It is proved that this distortion is absent if and only if the space-time is conformally flat.

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