Published January 24, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Energies and angular momenta of periodic Schwarzschild geodesics

  • 1. Department of Physics, Xiamen University Malaysia, 43900 Sepang, Malaysia
  • 2. School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Gelugor, Malaysia

Description

We consider physical parameters of Levin and Perez-Giz's "periodic table of orbits" around the Schwarzschild black hole, where each periodic orbit is classified according to three integers (z,w,v). In particular, we chart its distribution in terms of its angular momenta L and energy E. In the (L,E)-parameter space, the set of all periodic orbits can be partitioned into domains according to their whirl number w, where the limit of infinite w approaches the branch of unstable circular orbits. Within each domain of a given whirl number w, the infinite zoom limit limz(z,w,v) converges to the common boundary with the adjacent domain of whirl number w1. The distribution of the periodic orbit branches can also be inferred from perturbing stable circular orbits, using the fact that every stable circular orbit is the zero-eccentricity limit of some periodic orbit, or arbitrarily close to one.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review D
Journal Volume
109
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
14 pgs.
ISSN
1089-4918

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BLACK HOLES; CONVERGENCE; DISTRIBUTION; DISTURBANCES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; ORBITS; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; PERIODICITY; SPACE
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; RELATIVITY THEORY; SPACE; VARIATIONS

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Copyright
© 2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
XMUMRF/2021-C8/IPHY/0001
Notes
Contact Email: yenkheng.lim@gmail.com, yenkheng.lim@xmu.edu.my; Contact Email: thomasyeo4@gmail.com, thomasyeozhicheng@student.usm.my; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
Xiamen University Malaysia Research Fund