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Aschenbach effect for spinning particles in Kerr-(A)dS spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-04-21 v1

Abstract

A non-monotonic behavior of the velocity gradient of a test particle revolving around a rapidly rotating black hole in the locally non-rotating frame of reference is known as the Aschenbach effect. This effect can serve as a distinguishing signature of rapidly rotating black holes, being potentially useful for the measurements of the astrophysical black hole spins. This paper is the generalization of our previous research to the motion of spinning particles around a rotating black hole with non-zero cosmological constant. We show that both the particle's spin ss and the cosmological constant Λ\Lambda modify the critical value of the black hole spin aca_c, for which the Aschenbach effect can be observed; aca_c can increase or decrease depending on the signs of ss and Λ\Lambda. We also found that the particle's spin ss can mimic the effect of the cosmological constant Λ\Lambda for a given aca_c, causing thus a discrepancy in the measurements of ss, Λ\Lambda and aca_c in the Aschenbach effect.

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@article{arxiv.2103.14912,
  title  = {Aschenbach effect for spinning particles in Kerr-(A)dS spacetime},
  author = {Ali Vahedi and Jafar Khodagholizadeh and Arman Tursunov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.14912},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Comments are welcome. Accepted for EPJC

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