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- Title
Non-coplanar gravitational lenses and the "communication bridge".
- Authors
Toth, Viktor T.
- Abstract
We investigate the propagation of light signals across multiple gravitational lenses, with particular emphasis on the "communication bridge" scenario of two lenses with collinear source and observer. The lenses are assumed to be non-coplanar, far enough from one another for each lens to be treated independently as thin lenses in the limit of weak gravity. We analyze these scenarios using several different tools, including geometric optics, photon mapping, wave optics and ray tracing. Specifically, we use these tools to assess light amplification and image formation by a two-lens system. We then extend the ray tracing analysis to the case of multiple non-coplanar lenses, demonstrating the complexity of images that are projected even by relatively simple lens configurations. We introduce a simple simulation tool that can be used to analyze lensing by non-coplanar gravitational monopoles in the weak gravity limit, treating them as thin lenses.
- Subjects
GEOMETRICAL optics; LIGHT propagation; RAY tracing; GRAVITATIONAL lenses; OPTICS; TRACE analysis
- Publication
Astrophysics & Space Science, 2024, Vol 369, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0004-640X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10509-024-04274-x