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Stable bound orbits around static Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet black holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-06-20 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

As is well-known, asymptotically flat, static and spherically symmetric black holes do not admit stable bound orbits of massive/massless particles outside the horizon in higher-dimensional Einstein gravity. However, for massive particles, this dramatically changes in higher curvature theories. We clarify the parameter range such that there exist stable bound orbits in dd-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theories for 6d96\leq d\leq 9. In particular, we show the existence of the lower bound of the Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant below which stable bound orbits cease to exist. Moreover, we also find that for AdS-black holes in the theories, there can exist two stable circular orbits outside the horizon.

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@article{arxiv.2204.10087,
  title  = {Stable bound orbits around static Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet black holes},
  author = {Ryotaku Suzuki and Shinya Tomizawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.10087},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

14 pages, 23 figures; v2: typos fixed; v3: published version

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