Lensing and imaging by a stealth defect of spacetime

被引:5
作者
Klinkhamer, F. R. [1 ]
Wang, Z. L. [1 ]
机构
[1] KIT, Inst Theoret Phys, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
关键词
General relativity; spacetime topology; gravitational lenses;
D O I
10.1142/S0217732319500263
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We obtain the geodesics for the simplest possible stealth defect which has a flat spacetime. We, then, discuss the lensing properties of such a defect, and the corresponding image formation. Similar lensing properties can be expected to hold for curved-spacetime stealth defects.
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