dc.contributor.author | Chicone, Carmen Charles | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Mashhoon, Bahram | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | eng |
dc.description | doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/23/12/002 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | The motion of free nearby test particles relative to a stable equatorial circular
geodesic orbit about a Kerr source is investigated. It is shown that the nonlinear
generalized Jacobi equation can be transformed in this case to an autonomous
form. Tidal dynamics beyond the critical speed c/√2 is studied. We show, in particular, that a free test particle vertically launched from the circular orbit
parallel or antiparallel to the Kerr rotation axis is tidally accelerated if its
initial relative speed exceeds c/√2. Possible applications of our results to
high-energy astrophysics are briefly mentioned. | eng |
dc.identifier.citation | C Chicone and B Mashhoon 2006 Class. Quantum Grav. 23 4021 | eng |
dc.identifier.issn | 0264-9381 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/8354 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | Institute of Physics | eng |
dc.relation.ispartof | Mathematics publications (MU) | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcollection | University of Missouri-Columbia. College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Mathematics. | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.subject | spacetime topology | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Relativity (Physics) | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Gravitation | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Space and time | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Topology | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Black holes (Astronomy) | eng |
dc.title | Tidal dynamics in Kerr spacetime | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |