Collimation of a spherical collisionless particles stream in Kerr spacetime

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/26/8/085013MaRDI QIDQ3627533zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kentaro Takami, Yasufumi Kojima

Publication date 12 May 2009

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5030

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: We examine the propagation of collisionless particles emitted from a spherical shell to infinity. The number distribution at infinity, calculated as a function of the polar angle, exhibits a small deviation from uniformity. The number of particles moving from the polar region toward the equatorial plane is slightly larger than that of particles in the opposite direction, for an emission radius $>4.5M$ in extreme Kerr space-time. This means that the black hole spin exerts an anti-collimation effect on the particles stream propagating along the rotation axis. We also confirm this property in the weak field limit. The quadrupole moment of the central object produces a force toward the equatorial plane. For a smaller emission radius $r<4.5M$, the absorption of particles into the black hole, the non-uniformity and/or the anisotropy of the emission distribution become much more important.

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