AN ANALYTIC “LENSE” FOR SKYRME-EINSTEIN

An analytical tool developed by the CECs Theoretical Physics Laboratory allows to calculate, for the first time, the gravitational effects of a black hole in the Skyrme-Einstein theory.

Gravitational lenses are one of the most powerful tools for detecting the presence of gravitational field sources (such as neutron stars and black holes). The idea, which originated in Albert Einstein's work, is very simple. The Theory of General Relativity shows that light rays are also affected by the presence of a gravitational field. Therefore, very intense sources of gravitational field are able to divert the path of light rays. These rays, without sources of gravitational fields, would have straight line trajectories.