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Extended bodies with spin induced quadrupoles on circular equatorial orbits in Kerr spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-10-13 v1

Abstract

This work discusses the motion of extended test bodies as described by the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon (MPD) equations in the pole-dipole-quadrupole approximation. We focus on the case that the quadrupole is solely induced by the spin of the body which is assumed to move on a circular equatorial orbit in a Kerr background. To fix the center of mass of the MPD body we use two different spin supplementary conditions (SSCs): the Tulczyjew-Dixon SSC and the Mathisson-Pirani SSC. We provide the frequencies of the circular equatorial orbits for the pole-dipole-(spin induced) quadrupole approximation of the body for both SSCs. In the process we develop an explicit four-velocity four-momentum relation for a pole-dipole-quadrupole body under the Mathisson-Pirani SSC.

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@article{arxiv.2306.11558,
  title  = {Extended bodies with spin induced quadrupoles on circular equatorial orbits in Kerr spacetime},
  author = {Iason Timogiannis and Georgios Lukes-Gerakopoulos and Theocharis A. Apostolatos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.11558},
  year   = {2023}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables