Higher-order geodesic deviations applied to the Kerr metric

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/19/17/309zbMATH Open1020.83010arXivgr-qc/0205019OpenAlexW3104095320MaRDI QIDQ4789685FDOQ4789685

Authors: R. Colistete, Cédric Leygnac, R. Kerner 

Publication date: 13 May 2003

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

Abstract: Starting with an exact and simple geodesic, we generate approximate geodesics by summing up higher-order geodesic deviations within a General Relativistic setting, without using Newtonian and post-Newtonian approximations. We apply this method to the problem of closed orbital motion of test particles in the Kerr metric space-time. With a simple circular orbit in the equatorial plane taken as the initial geodesic we obtain finite eccentricity orbits in the form of Taylor series with the eccentricity playing the role of small parameter. The explicit expressions of these higher-order geodesic deviations are derived using successive systems of linear equations with constant coefficients, whose solutions are of harmonic oscillator type. This scheme gives best results when applied to the orbits with low eccentricities, but with arbitrary values of $(GM/R{c}^2)$, smaller than 1/6 in the Schwarzschild limit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0205019

zbMATH Keywords

Kerr metricgeodesic motion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Black holes (83C57)

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