Photon regions and umbilic conditions in stationary axisymmetric spacetimes

Abstract Photon region (PR) in the strong gravitational field is defined as a compact region where photons can travel endlessly without going to infinity or disappearing at the event horizon. In Schwarzschild metric PR degenerates to the two-dimensional photon sphere $$r=3r_g/2$$ r=3rg/2 where close...

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Main Authors: K. V. Kobialko, D. V. Gal’tsov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-06-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8070-z