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arxiv: 1701.04434 · v2 · pith:O43KSV3Pnew · submitted 2017-01-16 · 🌀 gr-qc

Higher-order corrections for the deflection of light around a massive object

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From the Schwarzschild metric we obtain the higher-order terms (up to 20-th order) for the deflection of light around a massive object using the Lindstedt-Poincar\'e method to solve the equation of motion of a photon around the stellar object. Additionally, we obtain diagonal Pad\'e approximants from the perturbation expansion, and we show how these are a better fit for the numerical data. Furthermore, we use these approximants in ray-tracing algorithms to model the bending of light around the massive object.

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