High spin expansion for null geodesics

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABD860MaRDI QIDQ5162458zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Minyong Guo, Pengcheng Li, Bin Chen

Publication date 2 November 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.05153

zbMATH Keywords

high spin expansionKerr spacetimematched asymptotic expansion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Higher spin theories (81T11) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Black holes (83C57) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

Abstract: We consider the high spin expansion for the null geodesics in the Kerr spacetime. We expand the null geodesic equation successively to higher orders in deviation from extremity. Via the method of matched asymptotic expansion, the radial integrals are obtained analytically. It turns out that the analytic expressions are very sensitive to the value of the shifted Carter constant $q$. We show that for a large $q$, the analytic expressions can be used to study observational electromagnetic signatures for astrophysical black holes like M87*. However, for a small $q$, the high spin expansion method can only be applied to (near-) extreme black holes.

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