Calculate the deflection of light caused by the gravity of a star of mass 5Msun and radius 1.3RSun.
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- As per the general theory of relativity, a large gravitational source will bend the space around it. When a photon passes through this gravitational field it will lose energy.
- This will shift the path causing a deflection.
- The amount of deflection caused will be given by,
Here G is the universal gravitational constant, M is the mass of the source, R is its radius, and c is the speed of light.
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