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Original definition of roulette amplitudes

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NTNU---Norwegian University of Science and Technology
NTNU---Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Using angular coordinates θi\theta_i in the lens plane, such that

∂i=∂∂θi\partial_i=\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta_i}

we find the following expressions for the so-called Roulette amplitudes in the thin-lens and weak-field approximation Clarkson (2016).

αsm=−12δ0s∑k=0m(mk)(Csm(k)∂1+Csm(k+1)∂2)∂1m−k∂2kψRCsm(k)=1π∫−ππdϕsin⁡kϕcos⁡m−k+1ϕcos⁡sϕβsm=−∑k=0m(mk)(Ssm(k)∂1+Ssm(k+1)∂2)∂1m−k∂2kψRSsm(k)=1π∫−ππdϕsin⁡kϕcos⁡m−k+1ϕsin⁡sϕ.\begin{aligned} \alpha_s^m &= - \frac{1}{2^{\delta_{0s}}} \sum_{k=0}^m\binom{m}{k} \left(\mathcal{C}_s^{m(k)}\partial_1+\mathcal{C}_s^{m(k+1)}\partial_2\right) \partial_1^{m-k}\partial_2^k\psi^\textrm{R} \\ \mathcal{C}_s^{m(k)} &=\frac{1}{\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}{\rm d}\phi\sin^k\phi\cos^{m-k+1}\phi\cos s\phi \\ \beta_s^m &=-\sum_{k=0}^m\binom{m}{k}\left({\mathcal{S}}_s^{m(k)}\partial_1+{\mathcal{S}}_s^{m(k+1)}\partial_2\right)\partial_1^{m-k}\partial_2^k\psi^\textrm{R} \\ \mathcal{S}_s^{m(k)} &=\frac{1}{\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}{\rm d}\phi\sin^k\phi\cos^{m-k+1}\phi\sin s\phi. \end{aligned}
References
  1. Clarkson, C. (2016). Roulettes: a weak lensing formalism for strong lensing: II. Derivation and analysis. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 33(24), 245003. 10.1088/0264-9381/33/24/245003