English

Off-equatorial stable circular orbits for spinning particles

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-10-24 v2

Abstract

In this article, we investigate the motion of a spinning particle at a constant inclination, different from the equatorial plane, around a Kerr black hole. We mainly explore the possibilities of stable circular orbits for different spin supplementary conditions. The Mathission-Papapetrau's equations are extensively applied and solved within the framework of linear spin approximation. We explicitly show that for a given spin vector of the form Sa=(0,Sr,Sθ,0)S^{a} = \left(0,S^r,S^{\theta},0\right) , there exists an unique circular orbit at (rc,θc)(r_c,\theta_c) defined by the simultaneous minima of energy, angular momentum and Carter constant. This corresponds to the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (ISCO) which is located on a non-equatorial plane. We further establish that the location (rc,θcr_c,\theta_c) of the ISCO for a given spinning particle depends on the radial component of the spin vector (SrS^r) as well as the angular momentum of the black hole (JJ). The implications of using different spin supplementary conditions are investigated.

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@article{arxiv.1804.06070,
  title  = {Off-equatorial stable circular orbits for spinning particles},
  author = {Sajal Mukherjee and Rajesh Kumble Nayak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.06070},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

17 pages, 11 figures, 1 table, Accepted for publication in Physical Review D

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