On Penrose's Analogy between Curved Spacetime Regions and Optical Lenses
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| author | Lehmkuhl, Dennis Röken, Christian Doboszewski, Juliusz |
| author_facet | Lehmkuhl, Dennis Röken, Christian Doboszewski, Juliusz |
| contents | We present a detailed analysis of Penrose's gravito-optical analogy between the focusing effects of particular families of Ricci- and Weyl-curved spacetime regions on the one hand, and anastigmatic and astigmatic optical lenses on the other. We put the analogy in its historical context, investigate its underlying assumptions, its range of validity, its proof of concept, and its application in Penrose's study of the notion of energy flux in general relativity. Finally, we examine the analogy within the framework of Norton's material theory of induction. |
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| spellingShingle | On Penrose's Analogy between Curved Spacetime Regions and Optical Lenses Lehmkuhl, Dennis Röken, Christian Doboszewski, Juliusz History and Philosophy of Physics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology We present a detailed analysis of Penrose's gravito-optical analogy between the focusing effects of particular families of Ricci- and Weyl-curved spacetime regions on the one hand, and anastigmatic and astigmatic optical lenses on the other. We put the analogy in its historical context, investigate its underlying assumptions, its range of validity, its proof of concept, and its application in Penrose's study of the notion of energy flux in general relativity. Finally, we examine the analogy within the framework of Norton's material theory of induction. |
| title | On Penrose's Analogy between Curved Spacetime Regions and Optical Lenses |
| topic | History and Philosophy of Physics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.07337 |