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In the present paper we study the geodesic motion of test particles and light rays in the spacetime of a static charged black hole in $f(R)$ gravity. The complete set of analytic solutions of the geodesic equations in the spacetime of this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-21 Saheb Soroushfar , Reza Saffari , Saskia Grunau

For gravitational-wave spacetimes of Shapovalov type III, exact general solutions of geodesic deviation equations and equations of motion of test particles are obtained. Solutions are found in a privileged coordinate system, where the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-02 Konstantin Osetrin , Evgeny Osetrin , Elena Osetrina

We point out novel consequences of general relativity involving tidal dynamics of ultrarelativistic relative motion. Specifically, we use the generalized Jacobi equation and its extension to study the force-free dynamics of relativistic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Chicone , B. Mashhoon

The timelike geodesic equations resulting from the Kerr gravitational metric element are derived and solved exactly including the contribution from the cosmological constant. The geodesic equations are derived, by solving the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 G. V. Kraniotis

Solutions of equations of geodesic deviation in three- and four- dimensional spaces obtained by the inverse scattering transform are considered. It is shown that in the case of three-dimensional space solutions of geodesic deviation…

solv-int · Physics 2007-05-23 Vadim V. Varlamov

Hamilton-Jacobi theory provides a natural starting point for a covariant description of the gravitational field. Using a spatial gradient expansion, one may solve for the phase of the wavefunction by using a line-integral in superspace.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. S. Salopek

The geometric approach to mechanics based on the Jacobi metric allows to easily construct natural mechanical systems which are integrable (actually separable) at a fixed value of the energy. The aim of the present paper is to investigate…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Giuseppe Pucacco , Kjell Rosquist

Within the theory of General Relativity, we study the solution and range of applicability of the standard geodesic deviation equation in highly symmetric spacetimes. In the Schwarzschild spacetime, the solution is used to model satellite…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-20 Dennis Philipp , Dirk Puetzfeld , Claus Laemmerzahl

We present a comprehensive treatment of relative oscillation theory for finite Jacobi matrices. We show that the difference of the number of eigenvalues of two Jacobi matrices in an interval equals the number of weighted sign-changes of the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2012-07-17 Kerstin Ammann

Invariants at arbitrary and fixed energy (strongly and weakly conserved quantities) for 2-dimensional Hamiltonian systems are treated in a unified way. This is achieved by utilizing the Jacobi metric geometrization of the dynamics. Using…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2009-11-13 Kjell Rosquist , Giuseppe Pucacco

Jacobi's action principle is known to lead to a problem of time. For example, the timelessness of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation can be seen as resulting from using Jacobi's principle to define the dynamics of 3-geometries through superspace.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 Sean B. Gryb

We solve the geodesic deviation equations for the orbital motions in the Schwarzschild metric which are close to a circular orbit. It turns out that in this particular case the equations reduce to a linear system, which after…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Kerner , J. W. van Holten , R. Colistete

For a homeomorphism with $p$-integrable distortion, we obtain the optimal global degree of integrability for the reciprocal of its Jacobian determinant. As an application, we strengthen the result of Dole\v{z}alov\'a, Hencl and Mal\'y…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Anna Doležalová , Jani Onninen , Yizhe Zhu , Zheng Zhu

Hamilton-Jacobi theory provides a natural starting point for a covariant description of the gravitational field. Using a spatial gradient expansion, one may solve for the phase of the wavefunction by using a line-integral in superspace.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. S. Salopek

We apply the Kosambi-Cartan-Chern theory to perform an extensive examination of Jacobi stability of geodesics around rotating black hole solutions to dynamical Chern-Simons gravity, a theory that introduces modifications to General…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-09 Tonatiuh Tiscareño , Benito Rodríguez , Javier Chagoya

The Jacobian conjecture over a field of characteristic zero is considered directly in view of the nonlinear partial differential equations it is associated with. Exploring the integrals of such partial differential equations, this work…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Yisong Yang

The method of geodesic deviations has been applied to derive accurate analytic approximations to geodesics in Schwarzschild space-time. The results are used to construct analytic expressions for the source terms in the Regge-Wheeler and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-26 G. Koekoek , J. W. van Holten

It is shown that there exists a commuting diagram of mappings between dynamics of classical systems on one side and variational principles for geodesic lines in stationary spacetimes of general relativity on the other. The construction of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stanisław L. Bażański

In this paper, we investigate the deflection of a charged particle moving in the equatorial plane of Kerr-Newman spacetime, focusing on weak field limit. To this end, we use the Jacobi geometry, which can be described in three equivalent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-08 Zonghai Li , Junji Jia

For an investigation of the physical properties of gravitational fields the observation of massive test particles and light is very useful. The characteristic features of a given space-time may be decoded by studying the complete set of all…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-03 Eva Hackmann