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Accurate Solution to the Gravitational Bending of Starlight by a Massive Object
Institute of Information Science and Engineering, South-East University, Nanjing, China
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Journal of Modern Physics·Volume 08 (2017)·Pages 1894–1900·Published 9 October 2017·DOI10.4236/jmp.2017.811112
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Abstract
An exact solution to the gravitational bending of starlight is derived without resorting to general relativity. The accurate solution can be reduced to the result as obtained by general relativity under special conditions. For objects with a larger mass and a smaller radius, the approximated result as obtained by Schwartzchild’s metric based on general relativity will be invalid. A century-long misunderstanding about the deflection of light by gravity based on the classical theory will also be clarified.
KeywordsLight DeflectionGravityPhoton Effective Mass
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