Quick search Find article
Quick search
Find article

More on Kerr geodesics

F Fayos and Ch Teijón

Show affiliations


The equations of motion of a Kerr Black Hole are deeply analyzed in order to find out and classify the different kinds of orbits; i.e. bounded geodesics with null or non null eccentricity. Using Boyer-Lindquist coordinates; this classification is made in terms of the constants of motion: mass (m), energy (E) angular momentum (L) and Carter's constant (Script L). Constraints on the allowed values are found: constants of motion cannot take any value, and the allowed range of values depends on the values of the other parameters. Finally; a "three dimensional space of parameters" is build, using the constants of motion at the axes: z = m2/E2, ξ = L/E and μ = Script L/E2 . In this representation, every point represents a geodesic and regions of different kind of orbits are delimited, becoming a powerful tool to visualize the position and relationship between them, and to see how one particle is able to go from one kind of geodesic to another by a slow change of its constants of motion. This slow change is predicted in the adiabatic limit hypothesis of gravitational radiationl [N Sago et al 2006 Progress of Theoretical Physics 115 873].


PACS

04.20.Jb Exact solutions

04.20.Gz Spacetime topology, causal structure, spinor structure

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Dates

Issue 1 (2007)



  1. More on Kerr geodesics

    F Fayos and Ch Teijón 2007 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 66 012014

  2. Radiative Energy Shifts of an Atom Coupled to the Derivative of a Scalar Field near a Reflecting Boundary

    Li Cheng-Gai and Yu Hong-Wei 2009 Chinese Phys. Lett. 26 050401

  3. FOCUS ON CLOUD PHYSICS

    Gregory Falkovich and Szymon P Malinowski 2008 New J. Phys. 10 075012

  4. Neodymium ion diffusion during sintering of Nd : YAG transparent ceramics

    Joel P Hollingsworth et al 2009 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 052001

  5. Mechanical action of infrared light on atoms and molecules through a rectification of the electric force

    Yaoquan Tu et al 2009 Phys. Scr. 80 055801

  6. From cobalt nitrate carbonate hydroxide hydrate nanowires to porous Co3O4 nanorods for high performance lithium-ion battery electrodes

    Hui Zhang et al 2008 Nanotechnology 19 035711

  7. From particle self-assembly to functionalized sub-micron protein patterns

    T M Blättler et al 2008 Nanotechnology 19 075301

  8. On fermionic T-duality of sigma modes on AdS backgrounds

    Chen-guang Hao et al JHEP12(2009)051

  9. Linking the results of Key Comparisons CCEM-K8 and EUROMET.EM-K8

    G Marullo Reedtz and R Cerri 2004 Metrologia 41 01002

  10. BIPM comparison BIPM.RI(II)-K1.In-111 of activity measurements of the radionuclide 111In

    G Ratel and C Michotte 2003 Metrologia 40 06017

Related review articles

What's this?
View review articles related to this research to gain an insight into the key trends in this subject area. Related review articles are selected based on PACS/MSC codes, and are no more than three years old.

  1. Projective structure and holonomy in general relativity
  2. Gravitational radiation of systems and the role of their force field

View by subject




Export






Please login to access our web services, or create an account if you don't yet have one.

You must have cookies enabled in your web browser to be able to login.

Username
Password

Forgotten your password? Get a new one here.