Contribution of the cosmological constant to the relativistic bending of light revisited

Journal Article · Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.76.043006· OSTI ID:21027565

Rindler, Wolfgang; Ishak, Mustapha ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083 (United States)

We study the effect of the cosmological constant {lambda} on the bending of light by a concentrated spherically symmetric mass. Contrarily to previous claims, we show that, when the Schwarzschild-de Sitter geometry is taken into account, {lambda} does indeed contribute to the bending.

• OSTI ID: 21027565
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 76, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.043006; (c) 2007 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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