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Effects of the core radius of an isothermal ellipsoidal gravitational lens on the caustics and the critical curves
We study the effect of the core radius of an isothermal ellipsoidal
gravitational lens on the caustics and the critical curves. We derive an
analytic expression of the caustics for an isothermal ellipsoidal gravitational
lens via a sixth-order algebraic equation. Since the expression is too long, by
using another method we obtain a parametric representation of the critical
curves in order to show analytically that there exist three cases: There are
two curves for a small core radius, one for a quite large one, and no curves
appear for an extremely large one, though the latter two cases are not
realistic. The caustics are represented also by the same parameter.Comment: 4 pages; accepted for publication in A&
Effects of a deformation of a star on the gravitational lensing
We study analytically a gravitational lens due to a deformed star, which is
modeled by using a monopole and a quadrupole moment. Positions of the images
are discussed for a source on the principal axis. We present explicit
expressions for the lens equation for this gravitational lens as a single real
tenth-order algebraic equation. Furthermore, we compute an expression for the
caustics as a discriminant for the polynomial. Another simple parametric
representation of the caustics is also presented in a more tractable form. A
simple expression for the critical curves is obtained to clarify a topological
feature of the critical curves; the curves are simply connected if and only if
the distortion is sufficiently large.Comment: 8 pages; accepted for publication in MNRA
Images for an Isothermal Ellipsoidal Gravitational Lens from a Single Real Algebraic Equation
We present explicit expressions for the lens equation for a cored isothermal
ellipsoidal gravitational lens as a single real sixth-order algebraic equation
in two approaches; 2-dimensional Cartesian coordinates and 3-dimensional polar
ones. We find a condition for physical solutions which correspond to at most
five images. For a singular isothermal ellipsoid, the sixth-order equation is
reduced to fourth-order one for which analytic solutions are well-known.
Furthermore, we derive analytic criteria for determining the number of images
for the singular lens, which give us simple expressions for the caustics and
critical curves. The present formulation offers a useful way for studying
galaxy lenses frequently modeled as isothermal ellipsoids.Comment: 5 pages; accepted for publication in A&
Note on Inversion Formula to Determine Binary Elements by Astrometry
Simplified solutions to determine binary elements by astrometry were obtained
in terms of elementary functions (Asada et al. 2004), and therefore require
neither iterative nor numerical methods. In the framework of the simplified
solution, this paper discusses the remaining two parameters of the time of
periastron passage and the longitude of ascending node in order to complete the
solution. We thus clarify a difference between the simplified solution and
other analytical methods.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables; accepted for publication in PAS
Observation of Gravitational Lensing in the Clumpy Universe
We discuss how inhomogeneities of the universe affect observations of the
gravitational lensing; (1) the bending angle, (2) the lensing statistics and
(3) the time delay. In order to take account of the inhomogeneities, the
Dyer-Roeder distance is used, which includes a parameter representing the
clumpiness of the matter along the line of sight. It is shown analytically that
all three combinations of distances appearing in the above observations (1)-(3)
are monotonic with respect to the clumpiness in general, for any given set of
the density parameter, cosmological constant and redshifts of the lens and the
source. Some implications of this result for the observation are presented; the
clumpiness decreases both the bending angle and the lensing event rate, while
it increases the time delay. We also discuss cosmological tests using the
gravitational lensing in the clumpy universe.Comment: 12 pages, LaTeX(aaspp4); accepted for publication in The
Astrophysical Journa
The Light-cone Effect on the Shapiro Time Delay
We investigate the light-cone effect on the Shapiro time delay. The extra
time delay caused by Jupiter on the 8th of September 2002 can be measured by
advanced VLBI (very long baseline interferometry). Our expression for the delay
is in complete agreement with that of Kopeikin (2001), in which he argued that
the excess time delay was due to the propagation of gravity. The present
letter, however, shows that the excess comes from nothing but the propagation
of light, namely the light-cone effect. To make a robust confirmation of
general relativity by the coming Jupiter event, it is important to take account
of the light-cone effect on the Shapiro time delay.Comment: 5 pages; accepted for publication in ApJ Letter
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