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The last stable orbit (LSO) of a compact object (CO) is an important boundary condition when performing numerical analysis of orbit evolution. Although the LSO is already well understood for the case where a test-particle is in an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-18 P. G. Komorowski , S. R. Valluri , M. Houde

We present a numerical study of the dynamics of magnetized, relativistic, non-self-gravitating, axisymmetric tori orbiting in the background spacetimes of Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes. The initial models have a constant specific…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Pedro J. Montero , Olindo Zanotti , Jose A. Font , Luciano Rezzolla

Binary-black-hole (BBH) mergers can take place close to a supermassive black hole (SMBH) while being in a bound orbit around the SMBH. In this paper, we study such bound triple systems and show that including the strong gravity effects of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-05 Filippo Camilloni , Gianluca Grignani , Troels Harmark , Marta Orselli , Daniele Pica

We investigate the dynamics of neutral and charged test particles around axially symmetric magnetized black hole spacetime. We consider its electromagnetic field in the black hole vicinity and study its impact on the dynamics of test…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-07 Sanjar Shaymatov , Bakhtiyor Narzilloev , Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov , Cosimo Bambi

We derive the conditions for a non-equatorial eccentric bound orbit to exist around a Kerr black hole in two-parameter spaces: the energy, angular momentum of the test particle, spin of the black hole, and Carter's constant space ($E$, $L$,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-07 Prerna Rana , A. Mangalam

We compute exactly the Lense-Thirring precession frequency for point masses in the Kerr metric, for arbitrary black hole mass and specific angular momentum. We show that this frequency, for point masses at or close to the innermost stable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Merloni , M. Vietri , L. Stella , D. Bini

In this work, we investigate observable signatures of a magnetically charged Anti-de Sitter black hole in string-inspired Euler-Heisenberg theory. We analyze photon trajectories, the photon sphere, and the resulting black hole shadow. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-23 Faizuddin Ahmed , Mohsen Fathi , Ahmad Al-Badawi

Binary black holes which are both eccentric and undergo precession remain unexplored in numerical simulations. We present simulations of such systems which cover about 50 orbits at comparatively high mass ratios 5 and 7. The configurations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-31 Adam G. M. Lewis , Aaron Zimmerman , Harald P. Pfeiffer

We studied the magnetic Penrose process (MPP) in the Kerr-Bertotti-Robinson (KBR) spacetime, an exact rotating electrovacuum solution describing a black hole (BH) immersed in an intrinsic, uniform electromagnetic field. We analyze the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-16 Mirjavoxir Mirkhaydarov , Tursunali Xamidov , Pankaj Sheoran , Sanjar Shaymatov , Hemwati Nandan

This work is devoted to study the effects of Einstein-\AE ther gravity on the dynamics of magnetized particles orbiting a static, spherically symmetric and uncharged black hole immersed in an external asymptotically uniform magnetic field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-18 Javlon Rayimbaev , Ahmadjon Abdujabbarov , Mubasher Jamil , Wen-Biao Han

We consider a stationary axisymmetric force-free degenerate magnetosphere of a rotating Kerr black hole surrounded by a thin Keplerian infinitely-conducting accretion disk. We focus on the closed-field geometry characterize by a direct…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Dmitri A. Uzdensky

In this work, we study circular motions of charged particles and their polarized images around the Kerr black hole immersed in a weak magnetic field. We pay special attention to the case that both the magnetic field and the charge-to-mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-19 Tsai-Chen Lee , Zezhou Hu , Minyong Guo , Bin Chen

We investigate strong gravitational lensing using magnetized Kerr black holes (MKBHs), which are accurate Kerr-Bertotti-Robinson solutions for Kerr black holes in a uniform magnetic field with additional magnetic field strength $B$ apart…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-28 Amnish Vachher , Arun Kumar , Sushant G. Ghosh

We investigate the orbital structure and observable appearance of rotating Kerr black holes endowed with synchronized scalar hair described by two time-periodic scalar fields with a flat target-space geometry. The presence of scalar hair…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-11 Galin N. Gyulchev , Daniela D. Doneva , Valentin O. Deliyski , Petya G. Nedkova , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev

Kerr black hole (BH) superradiance can form gravitational atoms and produce characteristic gravitational-wave signals, providing a probe of ultralight bosons and dark matter. In realistic systems, accretion-disk gravity can shift energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-06 Ruiheng Li , Zhong-hao Luo , Zehong Wang , Fa Peng Huang

In this article, we try to capture the influence of deviation from standard Kerr black hole spacetime on observed high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations signal. We explore the dynamics of test particles in the field of rotating compact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-19 Misbah Shahzadi , Martin Kološ , Rabia Saleem , Zdeněk Stuchlík

The motion of classical spinning test particles in the equatorial plane of a Kerr black hole is considered for the case where the particle spin is perpendicular to the equatorial plane. We review some results of our recent research of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-16 O. Yu. Tsupko , G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , P. I. Jefremov

We study causal geodesics in the equatorial plane of the extremal Kerr-Taub-NUT spacetime, focusing on the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (ISCO),and compare its behaviour with extant results for the ISCO in the extremal Kerr spacetime.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-02-13 Chandrachur Chakraborty

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…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-05 Liping Meng , Zhaoyi Xu , Meirong Tang

We consider the physics of free precession of a rotating neutron star with an oblique magnetic field. We show that if the magnetic stresses are large enough, then there is no possibility of steady rotation, and precession is inevitable.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ira Wasserman