Electromagnetic Wave Scattering by Schwarzschild Black Holes
Luís C. B. CrispinoFaculdade de Física, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66075-110, Belém, PA, Brazil. [email protected]Sam R. DolanFaculdade de Física, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66075-110, Belém, PA, BrazilEdnilton S. de OliveiraFaculdade de Física, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66075-110, Belém, PA, Brazil
2009en
ABI
Abstract
We analyze the scattering of a planar monochromatic electromagnetic wave incident upon a Schwarzschild black hole. We obtain accurate numerical results from the partial wave method for the electromagnetic scattering cross section and show that they are in excellent agreement with analytical approximations. The scattering of electromagnetic waves is compared with the scattering of scalar, spinor, and gravitational waves. We present a unified picture of the scattering of all massless fields for the first time.
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