Exact geometric optics in a Morris-Thorne wormhole spacetime
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- 26 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 77 (4) , 044043
Abstract
The simplicity of the Morris-Thorne wormhole spacetime permits us to determine null and timelike geodesics by means of elliptic integral functions and Jacobian elliptic functions. This analytic solution makes it possible to find a geodesic which connects two distant events. An exact gravitational lensing, an illumination calculation, and even an interactive visualization become possible.Keywords
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