If light passes near a massive object, the gravitational interactioncauses a bending of the ray. This can be thought of as happeningdue to a change in the effective refrative index of the mediumgiven byn(r) = 1 + 2 GM/rc2where r is the distance of the point of consideration from the centreof the mass of the massive body, G is the universal gravitationalconstant, M the mass of the body and c the speed of light invacuum. Considering a spherical object find the deviation of theray from the original path as it grazes the object
If light passes near a massive object, the gravitational interactioncauses a bending of the ray. This can be thought of as happeningdue to a change in the effective refrative index of the mediumgiven byn(r) = 1 + 2 GM/rc2where r is the distance of the point of consideration from the centreof the mass of the massive body, G is the universal gravitationalconstant, M the mass of the body and c the speed of light invacuum. Considering a spherical object find the deviation of theray from the original path as it grazes the object
Amit Saxena , 11 Years ago
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