Kerr black hole lensing for generic observers in the strong deflection limit
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E. R. Caianiello', Universita di Salerno, via Allende, I-84081 Baronissi (Saudi Arabia) (Italy)
We generalize our previous work on gravitational lensing by a Kerr black hole in the strong deflection limit, removing the restriction to observers on the equatorial plane. Starting from the Schwarzschild solution and adding corrections up to the second order in the black hole spin, we perform a complete analytical study of the lens equation for relativistic images created by photons passing very close to a Kerr black hole. We find out that, to the lowest order, all observables (including shape and shift of the black hole shadow, caustic drift and size, images position and magnification) depend on the projection of the spin on a plane orthogonal to the line of sight. In order to break the degeneracy between the black hole spin and its inclination relative to the observer, it is necessary to push the expansion to higher orders. In terms of future very-long base line interferometry observations, this implies that very accurate measures are needed to determine these two parameters separately.
- OSTI ID:
- 20871166
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 74, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.063001; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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