Inspirals from the innermost stable circular orbit of Kerr black holes: exact solutions and universal radial flow
We present exact solutions of test particle orbits spiraling inward from the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) of a Kerr black hole. Our results are valid for any allowed value of the angular momentum a parameter of the Kerr metric. These solutions are of considerable physical interest. In part...
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description | We present exact solutions of test particle orbits spiraling inward from the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) of a Kerr black hole. Our results are valid for any allowed value of the angular momentum a parameter of the Kerr metric. These solutions are of considerable physical interest. In particular, the radial four-velocity of these orbits is both remarkably simple and, with the radial coordinate scaled by its ISCO value, universal in form, otherwise completely independent of the black hole spin. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:f177369f-c707-4784-8cad-e351fd68d5c72022-11-07T12:19:51ZInspirals from the innermost stable circular orbit of Kerr black holes: exact solutions and universal radial flowJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f177369f-c707-4784-8cad-e351fd68d5c7EnglishSymplectic ElementsAmerican Physical Society2022Mummery, APBalbus, SWe present exact solutions of test particle orbits spiraling inward from the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) of a Kerr black hole. Our results are valid for any allowed value of the angular momentum a parameter of the Kerr metric. These solutions are of considerable physical interest. In particular, the radial four-velocity of these orbits is both remarkably simple and, with the radial coordinate scaled by its ISCO value, universal in form, otherwise completely independent of the black hole spin. |
spellingShingle | Mummery, AP Balbus, S Inspirals from the innermost stable circular orbit of Kerr black holes: exact solutions and universal radial flow |
title | Inspirals from the innermost stable circular orbit of Kerr black holes: exact solutions and universal radial flow |
title_full | Inspirals from the innermost stable circular orbit of Kerr black holes: exact solutions and universal radial flow |
title_fullStr | Inspirals from the innermost stable circular orbit of Kerr black holes: exact solutions and universal radial flow |
title_full_unstemmed | Inspirals from the innermost stable circular orbit of Kerr black holes: exact solutions and universal radial flow |
title_short | Inspirals from the innermost stable circular orbit of Kerr black holes: exact solutions and universal radial flow |
title_sort | inspirals from the innermost stable circular orbit of kerr black holes exact solutions and universal radial flow |
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