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A
null Schwarzschild
geodesic
with
b
≫
r
s
is deflected through
2
r
s
/
b
=
4
GM
/
(
b
c
2
)
to
first
order.
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Perturbative derivation of Schwarzschild light deflection
Schwarzschild light deflection
Perturbative derivation of Schwarzschild light deflection
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Schwarzschild light deflection
Writing
y
=
b
−
1
sin
ϕ
+
Δ
y
in
y
′′
+
y
=
3
M
y
2
and retaining
first
order in
M
gives
Δ
y
′′
+
Δ
y
=
2
b
2
3
M
(
1
−
cos
2
ϕ
)
.
(1)
The
displacement
of the outgoing zero is
4
M
/
b
.
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