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ynogkm: A New Public Code For Calculating time-like Geodesics In The Kerr-Newmann Spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-17 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

In this paper we present a new public code, named ynogkmynogkm, for the fast calculation of time-like geodesics in the Kerr-Newmann (K-N) spacetime, which is a direct extension of ynogkynogk calculating null geodesics in a Kerr spacetime. Following the strategies used in ynogkynogk, we also solve the equations of motion analytically and semi-analytically by using Weierstrass' and Jacobi's elliptic functions and integrals, in which the Boyer-Lidquist (B-L) coordinates rr, θ\theta, ϕ\phi, tt and the proper time σ\sigma are expressed as functions of an independent variable pp (Mino time). All of the elliptic integrals are computed by Carlson's elliptic integral method, which guarantees the fast speed of the code. Finally the code is applied to a couple of toy problems.

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@article{arxiv.1311.4436,
  title  = {ynogkm: A New Public Code For Calculating time-like Geodesics In The Kerr-Newmann Spacetime},
  author = {Xiao-lin Yang and Jian-cheng Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.4436},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

14 pages,12 figures, 7 tables, and a public code ynogkm is presented. Accepted for publication by A&A. comments are welcome