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Geodesic Focusing

Geodesic Focusing is a theoretical construct in differential geometry and general relativity that characterizes the convergence of nearby geodesics in curved spacetime due to the influence of tidal gravitational forces, as described by the Raychaudhuri equation.

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Geodesic focusing, energy conditions and singularities

Arvind Borde · Classical and Quantum Gravity · 1987 · 167 citations

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Scattering of quantum particles by gravitational plane waves

Jaume Garriga, Enric Verdaguer · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1991 · 106 citations · Full text

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Quantum Raychaudhuri equation

Saurya Das · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology · 2014 · 75 citations · Full text

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Effects of stress tensor fluctuations upon focusing

J. Borgman, L. H. Ford · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology · 2004 · 73 citations · Full text

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van Vleck determinants: Geodesic focusing in Lorentzian spacetimes

Matt Visser · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1993 · 63 citations · Full text

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  1. SK
    Sayan Kar

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

    2 publications · 54 citations

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    Giancarlo C. Righini

    Nello Carrara Institute of Applied Physics, Italy

    2 publications · 53 citations

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    Álvaro de la Cruz-Dombriz

    University of Cape Town, South Africa

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  4. SS
    S. Sottini

    Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente, Italy

    2 publications · 53 citations

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  5. SD
    Saurya Das

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    2 publications · 125 citations

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  1. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

    Kharagpur, India

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    138 citations

  2. Battelle

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    127 citations

  3. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    230 citations

  4. Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente

    Naples, Italy

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    159 citations

  5. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    194 citations

  6. University of Lethbridge

    Lethbridge, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    125 citations

  7. European Space Research and Technology Centre

    Noordwijk-Binnen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  8. Tohoku Institute of Technology

    Sendai, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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  2. Applied Optics

    3 publications · 46 citations

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  3. Journal of the Optical Society of America

    JOSA · 3 publications · 71 citations

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  4. Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

    PRD · 3 publications · 87 citations

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  5. Classical and Quantum Gravity

    3 publications · 215 citations

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