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Gravitational lensing in spherically symmetric static spacetimes with centrifugal force reversal

Wolfgang Hasse, Volker Perlick

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0108002

Abstract

In Schwarzschild spacetime the value r=3m of the radius coordinate is characterized by three different properties: (a) there is a ``light sphere'', (b) there is ``centrifugal force reversal'', (c) it is the upper limiting radius for a non-transparent Schwarschild source to act as a gravitational lens that produces infinitely many images. In this paper we prove a theorem to the effect that these three properties are intimately related in any spherically symmetric static spacetime. We illustrate the general results with some examples including black-hole spacetimes and Morris-Thorne wormholes.

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