Light deflection in perturbed Friedmann universes

Ruth Durrer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 3301 – Published 23 May 1994
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Abstract

A new formula for light deflection is dreived using only physically observable concepts. The general result is specialized to cosmological perturbation theory and expressed in terms of gauge-invariant perturbation variables. The resulting scalar, vector, and tensor equations are supplemented by simple examples for illustration. The gravity-wave example may be of more than academic interest and even represent an alternative way to detect gravitational waves.

  • Received 5 January 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3301

©1994 American Physical Society

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Ruth Durrer

  • Universität Zürich, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland

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Vol. 72, Iss. 21 — 23 May 1994

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