トポロジー火曜セミナー
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開催情報 | 火曜日 17:00~18:30 数理科学研究科棟(駒場) 056号室 |
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担当者 | 河澄 響矢, 北山 貴裕, 逆井卓也 |
セミナーURL | http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/MSF/topology/TuesdaySeminar/index.html |
2012年07月10日(火)
16:30-18:00 数理科学研究科棟(駒場) 056号室
Tea: 16:00 - 16:30 コモンルーム
Marcus Werner 氏 (Kavli IPMU)
Topology in Gravitational Lensing (ENGLISH)
Tea: 16:00 - 16:30 コモンルーム
Marcus Werner 氏 (Kavli IPMU)
Topology in Gravitational Lensing (ENGLISH)
[ 講演概要 ]
General relativity implies that light is deflected by masses
due to the curvature of spacetime. The ensuing gravitational
lensing effect is an important tool in modern astronomy, and
topology plays a significant role in its properties. In this
talk, I will review topological aspects of gravitational lensing
theory: the connection of image numbers with Morse theory; the
interpretation of certain invariant sums of the signed image
magnification in terms of Lefschetz fixed point theory; and,
finally, a new partially topological perspective on gravitational
light deflection that emerges from the concept of optical geometry
and applications of the Gauss-Bonnet theorem.
General relativity implies that light is deflected by masses
due to the curvature of spacetime. The ensuing gravitational
lensing effect is an important tool in modern astronomy, and
topology plays a significant role in its properties. In this
talk, I will review topological aspects of gravitational lensing
theory: the connection of image numbers with Morse theory; the
interpretation of certain invariant sums of the signed image
magnification in terms of Lefschetz fixed point theory; and,
finally, a new partially topological perspective on gravitational
light deflection that emerges from the concept of optical geometry
and applications of the Gauss-Bonnet theorem.