pith. sign in

arxiv: astro-ph/0209297 · v1 · submitted 2002-09-16 · 🌌 astro-ph

Gravitational lensing by spherically symmetric lenses with angular momentum

classification 🌌 astro-ph
keywords angularlensesmomentumsphericallysymmetricangleastrophysicalbending
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Following Sereno (2002a), we discuss the bending of light rays by spherically symmetric lenses with angular momentum. For several astrophysical systems, such as white dwarfs and galaxies, gravitomagnetism induces a correction on the deflection angle as large as 0.1%.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.