Interference patterns for simple lens models in wave-optics regime

Abstract

This work studies interference patterns created by simple lens models (point mass, Chang-Refsdal, and binary lens) in the wave optics regime, primarily in the context of lensing of gravitational waves (GWs) in the LIGO band at frequencies around 100 Hz. We study how the interference patterns behave close to the caustic curves which mark the high magnification regions in conventional geometric optics. In addition, we also look at the formation of highly de-amplified regions in the amplification maps close to caustics and how they differ under wave and geometric optics. We see that for a source close to caustics, the oscillations in the amplification factor (their amplitude and location of crests and troughs) can differ significantly in wave optics compared to geometric optics. As we move away from caustics, the wave optics amplification factor starts to converge towards geometric optics one, especially the frequencies at which crests and through occur in the amplification factor, although the amplitude of these oscillations can still be considerably different. For Chang-Refsdal and binary lens with $\sim 100{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }-200{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ can introduce significant de-amplification at frequencies $\sim 100$ Hz when the source is close to caustics, which may help us distinguish such lenses from the point mass lens.

10 pages. 7 figures. Accepted in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy

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