Quasi-geometrical optics approximation in gravitational lensing
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Quasi-geometrical Optics Approximation in Gravitational Lensing
Abstract. The gravitational lensing of gravitational waves should be treated in the wave optics instead of the geometrical optics when the wave length λ of the gravitational waves is larger than the Schwarzschild radius of the lens mass M. The wave optics is based on the diffraction integral which represents the amplification of the wave amplitude by lensing. We study the asymptotic expansion o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy & Astrophysics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040212