Pith. sign in

REVIEW 2 cited by

Accurate analytic formula for light bending in Schwarzschild metric

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 1909.05732 v2 pith:GPL7Z7U3 submitted 2019-09-12 astro-ph.HE astro-ph.GAgr-qc

classification astro-ph.HEastro-ph.GAgr-qc
keywords bendinglightemissionschwarzschildaboveaccurateanalyticaround
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal
0 comments
read the original abstract

We propose new analytic formulae describing light bending in Schwarzschild metric. For emission radii above the photon orbit at 1.5 Schwarzschild radius, the formulae have an accuracy of better than 0.2% for the bending angle and 3% for the lensing factor for any trajectories that turn around a compact object by less than about 160 deg. In principle, they can be applied to any emission point above the horizon of the black hole. The proposed approximation can be useful for problems involving emission from neutron stars and accretion discs around compact objects when fast accurate calculations of light bending are required. It can also be used to test the codes that compute light bending using exact expressions via elliptical integrals.

Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.

Forward citations

Cited by 2 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score. Full citation record

  1. Real-time observations of the transition to the quiescent state in an accreting magnetised neutron star: No propeller required?

    astro-ph.HE 2026-08 conditional novelty 6.0 of 10

    First high-cadence observation of an X-ray pulsar transition to quiescence shows a gradual exponential fade consistent with the disc instability model, without requiring the propeller effect.

  2. Information content of JWST transmission spectroscopy of the exoplanet HAT-P-12b from the optical to the mid-infrared

    astro-ph.EP 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 5.0 of 10

    Combined JWST NIRISS+NIRSpec+MIRI transmission spectra of HAT-P-12b detect four molecules and show multi-instrument data are required for consistent abundances, non-gray clouds and H2S.

Pith tools