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Gravitational light bending in Euclidean space

1998/05/08 by I. É. Bulyzhenkov, Igor Bulyzhenkov, Bulyzhenkov, Igor
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Mathematics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Space Satellite Systems and Control #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9805025

2 pages, Latex

arxiv created 2000/03/30 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

Both the non-homogeneous slowness of electromagnetic waves in gravitational fields and the frequency red shift contribute to the gravitational light bending. This twofold contribution explains the measured deflection of light rays by the Sun under Euclidean geometry of space.

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