Author:
Christopher Cueva

Date:
August 7, 1999

Title:
Gravitational Lensing from a Point Source Orbiting a
Schwarzschild Black Hole

Abstract:
Astronomers have observed X-ray fluctuations emanating from some black
hole binary systems.  These fluctuations are speculated to occur as a
result of particles which orbit about the black hole and radiate
strongly in the X-ray region.  This paper finds and presents the
majority of methodologies which may be used to model a simplified case
of this radiating matter with the final goal being to determine the
incoming direction and energy of photons emitted by the radiating matter
as seen by an observer on Earth.