Analytical study of light ray trajectories in Kerr spacetime in the presence of an inhomogeneous anisotropic plasma

Abstract We calculate the exact solutions to the equations of motion that govern the light ray trajectories as they travel in a Kerr black hole’s exterior that is considered to be filled with an inhomogeneous and anisotropic plasmic medium. This is approached by characterizing the plasma through con...

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Auteurs principaux: Mohsen Fathi, Marco Olivares, J. R. Villanueva
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Langue:EN
Publié: SpringerOpen 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/6c3669e3b07944888a5f6b947fc12002
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Résumé:Abstract We calculate the exact solutions to the equations of motion that govern the light ray trajectories as they travel in a Kerr black hole’s exterior that is considered to be filled with an inhomogeneous and anisotropic plasmic medium. This is approached by characterizing the plasma through conceiving a radial and an angular structure function, which are let to be constant. The description of the motion is carried out by using the Hamilton–Jacobi method, that allows defining two effective potentials, characterizing the evolution of the polar coordinates. The elliptic integrals of motion are then solved analytically, and the evolution of coordinates is expressed in terms of the Mino time. This way, the three-dimensional demonstrations of the light ray trajectories are given respectively.