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Deflection of highly relativistic particles in a gravitational field

C Barrabès et al 2004 Class. Quantum Grav. 21 405-416   doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/2/005  Help

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C Barrabès1 and P A Hogan2
1 Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Physique Théorique, CNRS/UMR 6083, Université F Rabelais, 37200 Tours, France
2 Mathematical Physics Department, National University of Ireland Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
E-mail: barrabes@celfi.phys.univ-tours.fr and phogan@ollamh.ucd.ie

Abstract. A novel approach to the calculation of the deflection of highly relativistic test particles in gravitational fields is described. We make use of the light-like boosts of the gravitational fields of the sources. Examples are given of the deflection of highly relativistic particles in the Schwarzschild and Kerr gravitational fields, in the field of a static, axially symmetric, multipole source and in the field of a cosmic string. The deflection of spinning particles is also discussed.

PACS number: 04.20.Jb

Print publication: Issue 2 (21 January 2004)
Received 26 September 2003
Published 4 December 2003

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