Photon Orbits

Black Holes · Part 1

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.1. Null Geodesics
  2. 2.2. Effective Potential for Photons
  3. 3.3. Photon Sphere Radius
  4. 4.4. Light Deflection and Bending Angle
  5. 5.5. Black Hole Shadow
  6. 6.6. Gravitational Lensing
  7. 7.Key Takeaways
  8. 8.Stability Analysis
  9. 9.Example: Light Grazing the Sun
  10. 10.Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Observations

Course Context

This PDF is part of the Black Holes course on CoursesHub.World. Study the physics of black holes from Schwarzschild geometry to Hawking radiation. Covers rotating and charged black holes, thermodynamics, the information paradox, holographic principle, and astrophy...

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