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The $ \gamma $-spacetime metric is a static and axially symmetric vacuum solution of the Einstein equation. This spacetime represents a naked singularity and it has an extra parameter $ \gamma $ which signifies deviations from spherical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-21 Hrishikesh Chakrabarty , Yong Tang

We consider the motion of spinning particles in the field of a well known vacuum static axially-symmetric spacetime, known as $\gamma$ metric, that can be interpreted as a generalization of the Schwarzschild manifold to include prolate or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-28 Bobir Toshmatov , Daniele Malafarina

Post-Newtonian expansions of the binding energy and gravitational wave flux truncated at the {\it same relative} post-Newtonian order form the basis of the {\it standard adiabatic} approximation to the phasing of gravitational waves from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Ajith , Bala R. Iyer , C. A. K. Robinson , B. S. Sathyaprakash

We derive a formula for the nodal precession frequency and the Keplerian period of a particle at an arbitrarily inclined orbit (with a minimum latitudinal angle reached at the orbit) in the post-Newtonian approximation in the external field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Nail Sibgatullin

Parametrized Post-Newtonian (PPN) equations of motion for several S-stars nearest to the Galactic Center compact relativistic object SgrA* are considered. The effect of the orbital periods difference between Newtonian and Post-Newtonian…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 R. I. Gainutdinov

We investigate the perihelion shift of planetary motion in conformal Weyl gravity using the metric of the static, spherically symmetric solution discovered by Mannheim \& Kazanas (1989). To this end we employ a procedure similar to that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-15 Joseph Sultana , Demosthenes Kazanas , Jackson Levi Said

Due to the growing capacity of gravitational-wave astronomy and black-hole imaging, we will soon be able to emphatically decide if astrophysical objects lurking in galactic centers are black holes. Sgr A*, one of the most prolific…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-06 Kyriakos Destounis , Giulia Huez , Kostas D. Kokkotas

Starting from an integral of the interaction region of colliding Einstein-Maxwell waves and by applying a coordinate transformation, we obtain the charged version of the static Zipoy-Voorhees (ZV) metric valid for all values of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-10 Ozay Gurtug , Mustafa Halilsoy , Mert Mangut

Measuring the astrometric and spectroscopic data of stars orbiting the central black hole in our galaxy (Sgr A*) offers a promising way to measure relativistic effects. In principle, the "no-hair" theorem can be tested at the Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-11 K. Abd El Dayem , F. H. Vincent , G. Heissel , T. Paumard , G. Perrin

We consider the Dirac equation coupled to an external electromagnetic field in curved four-dimensional spacetime with a given timelike worldline $\gamma$ representing a classical clock. We use generalised Fermi normal coordinates in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-27 Ashkan Alibabaei , Philip K. Schwartz , Domenico Giulini

We present an exact analytical equation for the Shapiro time delay (STD) due to a spherical non-rotating body. As a result, accurate values of the STD in comparison with first and second-order expressions for Schwarzschild spacetime (1Sch…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-16 Oscar del Barco

We present a generalized Newtonian description of particle dynamics valid for any spherically symmetric, static black hole spacetime. This approach is derived from the geodesic motion of test particles in the low-energy limit. It reproduces…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-02-07 Emilio Tejeda , Stephan Rosswog

The S-star cluster in the Galactic center allows us to study the physics close to a supermassive black hole, including distinctive dynamical tests of general relativity. Our best estimates for the mass of and the distance to Sgr A* using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-14 M. Parsa , A. Eckart , B. Shahzamanian , V. Karas , M. Zajacek , J. A. Zensus , C. Straubmeier

We construct an exact magnetized generalization of the Zipoy-Voorhees spacetime by applying the magnetic Harrison transformation to a static seed with quadrupolar deformation parameter $k$. The resulting Melvin-Zipoy-Voorhees metric is a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-30 Haryanto M. Siahaan

This work systematically investigates the post-Newtonian behavior of general quadratic gravity in the weak-field regime. By extending the Einstein-Hilbert action to include quadratic curvature terms as $\mathcal{L}\propto R-\lambda C^2+\mu…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-28 Jie Zhu , Hao Li

We deduce a new formula for the perihelion advance of a test particle in the Schwarzschild black hole by applying a newly developed non-linear transformation within the Schwarzschild space-time. By this transformation we are able to apply…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-13 H. -J. Schmidt

Utilizing various gauges of the radial coordinate we give a description of static spherically symmetric space-times with point singularity at the center and vacuum outside the singularity. We show that in general relativity (GR) there exist…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Plamen Fiziev

ADM tetrad gravity is an Hamiltonian reformulation of General Relativity which gives new insight to the Dark Matter Problem. We impose constraints on the parameter space of ADM tetrad gravity with a Yukawa-like ansatz for the trace of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-25 Mattia Villani

We develop a general approach to analytically calculate the perturbations $\Delta\delta\tau_\textrm{p}$ of the orbital component of the change $\delta\tau_\textrm{p}$ of the times of arrival of the pulses emitted by a binary pulsar p…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-07-04 Lorenzo Iorio

In this paper we use a modification of the Newtonian gravitational potential with a non-linear Yukawa-like correction, as it was proposed by C. Will earlier to obtain new bounds on graviton mass from the observed orbits of S-stars around…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-16 Predrag Jovanović , Vesna Borka Jovanović , Duško Borka , Alexander F. Zakharov