FERMAT PRINCIPLE IN GENERAL-RELATIVITY

被引:18
作者
NITYANANDA, R
SAMUEL, J
机构
[1] Raman Research Institute
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1992年 / 45卷 / 10期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevD.45.3862
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Kovner has observed that Fermat's principle can be used to describe the motion of light rays in arbitrary gravitational fields, not just stationary ones. We give a simple demonstration of this fact.
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页码:3862 / 3864
页数:3
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