Note on equatorial geodesics in circular spacetimes

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABA80CMaRDI QIDQ5162071zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors K. van Aelst

Publication date 1 November 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.01816

zbMATH Keywords

circular spacetimegeodesicsstability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: General results on equatorial geodesics are exposed in the case of circular spacetimes featuring an equatorial reflection symmetry. The way the geodesic equation equivalently rewrites in terms of an effective potential is explicitly recalled for circular and non-circular equatorial geodesics. This provides a practical tool to discuss their stability. Statements are illustrated in Kerr spacetime.

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