Light propagation in Kerr spacetime

Pravin Kumar Dahal

doi:10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-03843-3

Light propagation in Kerr spacetime

Pravin Kumar Dahal

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

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We explicitly solve the equations for the propagation of an electromagnetic wave up to the subleading order geometric optics expansion in the Kerr spacetime. This is done in two nontrivial steps. We first construct a set of parallel propagated null tetrad in Kerr spacetime. Two of the components of such tetrad give the propagation and polarization of an electromagnetic wave in geometric optics approximation. Then we use the parallel propagated tetrad to solve the modified trajectory equation in Kerr spacetime. We obtain the wavelength-dependent deviation of the trajectory of electromagnetic waves, which gives the mathematical description of the gravitational spin Hall effect in Kerr spacetime.

Original language	English
Article number	205
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	European Physical Journal Plus
Volume	138
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-03843-3
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023

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