Light deflection by gravitational waves from localized sources
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We study the deflection of light (and the redshift, or integrated time delay) caused by the time-dependent gravitational field generated by a localized material source lying close to the line of sight. Our calculation explicitly takes into account the full, near-zone, plus intermediate-zone, plus wave-zone, retarded gravitational field. Contrary to several recent claims in the literature, we find that the deflections due to both the wave-zone 1/r gravitational wave and the intermediate-zone 1/r2 retarded fields vanish exactly. The leading total time-dependent deflection caused by a localized material source, such as a binary system, is proven to be given by the quasi-static, near-zone quadrupolar piece of the gravitational field, and therefore to fall off as the inverse cube of the impact parameter. PACS numbers: 04.30.Nk, 04.80.Nn, 04.25.Nx Typeset using REVTEX
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