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E. Herlt and H. Stephani, “Wave Optics of the Spherical Gravitational Lens Part I: Diffraction of a Plane Electromagnetic Wave by a Large Star,” International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 15, 1976, pp. 45-65.

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• TITLE: Wave Optics and Image Formation in Gravitational Lensing

  AUTHORS: Yasusada Nambu

  KEYWORDS: Wave Optics; Image Formation; Gravitational Lens

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol.3 No.1, March 29, 2013

  ABSTRACT: We investigate image formations in gravitational lensing systems using wave optics. Applying the Fresnel-Kirchhoff diffraction formula to waves scattered by a gravitational potential of a lens object, we demonstrate how images of source objects are obtained directly from wave functions without using a lens equation for gravitational lensing. As an example of image formation in gravitational lensing, images of a point source by a point mass gravitational lens are presented. These images reduce to those obtained by a ray tracing method in the geometric optics limit.