Light bending by nonlinear electrodynamics under strong electric and magnetic field

2011/01/31 by Jin Young Kim, Taekoon Lee · 27 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Bending #Black hole (networking) #Electric field #Field (mathematics) #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #Magnetic field #Neutron #Neutron star #Nonlinear system #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph.HE #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2011/11/017

published in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2011(11), 017 (Institute of Physics) · drastically revised with conclusion change, reference added, version to appear in JCAP

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Abstract

We calculate the bending angles of light under the strong electric and magnetic fields by a charged black hole and a magnetized neutron star according to the nonlinear electrodynamics of Euler-Heisenberg interaction. The bending angle of light by the electric field of charged black hole is computed from geometric optics and a general formula is derived for light bending valid for any orientation of the magnetic dipole. The astronomical significance of the light bending by magnetic field of a neutron star is discussed.

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