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DERIVATION OF THE GRAVITATIONAL MULTI-LENS EQUATION FROM THE LINEAR APPROXIMATION OF EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATION

  • Published : 2003.09.01

Abstract

When a bright astronomical object (source) is gravitationally lensed by a foreground mass (lens), its image appears to be located at different positions. The lens equation describes the relations between the locations of the lens, source, and images. The lens equation used for the description of the lensing behavior caused by a lens system composed of multiple masses has a form with a linear combination of the individual single lens equations. In this paper, we examine the validity of the linear nature of the multi-lens equation based on the general relativistic point of view.

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