skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: On an illusion of superluminal velocities produced by gravitational lenses

Journal Article · · Astrophysics (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01006509· OSTI ID:5787719

It is noted that gravitational lenses, by focusing the radiation of an object, increase the angle which it subtends. This in turn produces the illusion of an increase in velocities at right angles to the line of sight. Preliminary estimates are made which indicate a rather high probability of strong distortion of the observed velocities.

Research Organization:
Gosudarstvennyi Komitet SSSR po Gidrometeorologii i Kontroliu Prirodnoi Sredy, Institut Eksperimental'noi Meteorologii, Obninsk, USSR
OSTI ID:
5787719
Journal Information:
Astrophysics (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 16:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English