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Periodic Orbits and Gravitational Wave Radiation of Black Hole in EGB gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-05-05 v2

Abstract

This paper investigates the orbital dynamics and gravitational wave radiation characteristics of neutral test particles around a static spherically symmetric charged black hole (BH) in 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (4D-EGB) gravity theory. We analyze the dependence of the marginally bound orbit (MBO) and the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) on the Gauss-Bonnet coupling parameter α\alpha and charge QQ. The results indicate that the orbital radius, angular momentum, and energy all decrease with increasing α\alpha or QQ, with the corresponding bound orbit region shifting leftward in the (E,L)(E, L) parameter space. By combining observational data from the BH shadows of M87* and Sgr A* as well as the orbital precession of the S2 star, we constrain the model parameters and find that existing observations can limit the ranges of α\alpha and QQ to a certain extent. Furthermore, we investigate the characteristics of periodic orbits corresponding to different rational numbers qq and the gravitational waveforms they excite, finding that variations in α\alpha and QQ can lead to distinguishable differences in periodic orbit structures and gravitational wave phases. This study contributes to understanding the effects of Gauss-Bonnet corrections on BH spacetimes, and the results may provide theoretical references for future gravitational wave observations of extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs).

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@article{arxiv.2506.05015,
  title  = {Periodic Orbits and Gravitational Wave Radiation of Black Hole in EGB gravity},
  author = {Liping Meng and Zhaoyi Xu and Meirong Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.05015},
  year   = {2026}
}