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Past exam of the relativity course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Section A 3 Solution by
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For a grazing null geodesic, take the impact parameter as . The leading Schwarzschild light deflection isWith the gravitational constant and speed of light ,Here , so the weak-field approximation is appropriate. A ray passing at a larger impact parameter has a correspondingly smaller deflection.
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