Issue |
A&A
Volume 404, Number 3, June IV 2003
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Page(s) | 783 - 787 | |
Section | Astrophysical processes | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030559 | |
Published online | 06 June 2003 |
Light propagation in the gravitational field of moving bodies by means of Lorentz transformation I. Mass monopoles moving with constant velocities
Lohrmann Observatory, Dresden Technical University, Mommsenstr. 13, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Corresponding author: klioner@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de
Received:
28
January
2003
Accepted:
31
March
2003
We show how to derive the equations of light propagation in the gravitational field of uniformly moving mass monopoles without formulating and integrating the differential equations of light propagation in that field. The well-known equations of light propagation in the gravitational field of a motionless mass monopole are combined with a suitable Lorentz transformation. The possibility of generalizing this technique for the more complicated case of uniformly moving body of arbitrary multipole structure is discussed.
Key words: astrometry / reference systems / relativity / gravitational lensing
© ESO, 2003
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