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- Title
Gravitational Microlensing by Ellis Wormhole: Second Order Effects.
- Authors
Lukmanova, Regina; Kulbakova, Aliya; Izmailov, Ramil; Potapov, Alexander
- Abstract
Gravitational lensing is the effect of light bending in a gravitational field. It can be used as a possible observational method to detect or exclude the existence of wormholes. In this work, we extend the work by Abe on gravitational microlensing by Ellis wormhole by including the second order deflection term. Using the lens equation and definition of Einstein radius, we find the angular locations of the physical image inside and outside Einstein ring. The work contains a comparative analysis of light curves between the Schwarzschild black hole and the Ellis wormhole that can be used to distinguish such objects though such distinctions are too minute to be observable even in the near future. We also tabulate the optical depth and event rate for lensing by bulge and Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) stars.
- Subjects
GRAVITATIONAL lenses; MICROLENSING (Astrophysics); WORMHOLE routing; BLACK holes; LARGE magellanic cloud
- Publication
International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 2016, Vol 55, Issue 11, p4723
- ISSN
0020-7748
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10773-016-3095-7