Three-dimensional wave optics for weak-field lensing of gravitational waves

arXiv:2607.05491 · gr-qc, astro-ph.CO, hep-th · Submitted 2026-07-06 · Read on arXiv

Mariana Carrillo-González, Alan Heavens, Lorne Whiteway

gr-qc, astro-ph.CO, hep-th

Submitted: 2026-07-06

Comments: two columns, 10 pages + appendices, two figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Benchmark — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Regularization — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Weak Lensing — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Access Regimes — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Microlensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• Ringdown and lensing of triple systems
• On the waveforms of gravitationally lensed gravitational waves
• Deviation of geodesics in FLRW spacetime geometries
• A perturbation theory for the Coulomb-phase infrared divergence
• Lectures on Gravitational Lensing

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