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Optimal escape from circular orbits around black holes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-09-08 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

Using the theory of optimal rocket trajectories in general relativity, recently developed in arXiv:1105.5235, we show that the "obvious" manoeuvre of using a tangential instantaneous acceleration to escape a stable circular orbit in the Schwarzschild spacetime satisfies the optimality conditions if and only if the magnitude of the acceleration is smaller than a certain bound.

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@article{arxiv.1207.3179,
  title  = {Optimal escape from circular orbits around black holes},
  author = {Jose Natario},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.3179},
  year   = {2020}
}

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7 pages

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