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Equilibrium tori orbiting Reissner-Nordstr\"om naked singularities

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-01-29 v2

Abstract

In general relativity, the asymptotically flat space-time of a charged, spherically symmetric (non-rotating) body is described by the Reissner-Nordstr\"om metric. This metric corresponds to a naked singularity when the absolute value of charge, QQ, exceeds the mass, MM. For all Reissner-Nordstr\"om naked singularities, there exists a zero gravity sphere where a test particle can remain at rest. Outside that sphere gravity is attractive, inside it gravity is repulsive. For values of Q/M>9/8Q/M>\sqrt{9/8} the angular frequency of circular test-particle orbits has a maximum at radius r=(4/3)Q2/Mr=(4/3)\,Q^2/M. We construct polytropic tori with uniform values of specific angular momentum in the naked singularity regime of the Reissner-Nordstr\"om metric, (Q/M>1)(Q/M>1).

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@article{arxiv.2312.01827,
  title  = {Equilibrium tori orbiting Reissner-Nordstr\"om naked singularities},
  author = {Ruchi Mishra and Włodek Kluźniak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.01827},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Published in the Proceedings of RAGtime 23-35, Z. Stuchl\'ik, G. T\"or\"ok, V. Karas and D. Lan\v{c}ov\'a, editors, Silesian University in Opava, 2023, pp. 151-166