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Epicyclic frequencies of Keplerian motion in Kerr spacetimes

STUCHLÍK, Zdeněk and Gabriel TÖRÖK

Basic information

Original name

Epicyclic frequencies of Keplerian motion in Kerr spacetimes

Edition

Opava, Proceedings of RAGtime 6/7: Workshops on black holes and neutron stars, p. 315-336, 21 pp. 2005

Publisher

Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta, Ústav fyziky

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

ISBN

80-7248-334-X

Keywords in English

black hole, naked singularities, theory, observations, X-ray variability

Tags

International impact

Links

MSM4781305903, plan (intention).
Změněno: 3/12/2020 10:02, Mgr. Pavlína Jalůvková

Abstract

V originále

Relativistic Keplerian orbital frequency and the related epicyclic frequencies play an important role in the physics of accretion discs orbiting Kerr black holes. We examine in detail their properties in Kerr spacetimes and discuss some possible observational implications resulting from their behaviour in the black hole case. Characteristics of the fundamental orbital frequencies of Keplerian motion are also analysed with the intention to find the phenomena which could observationally distinguisha hypothetical naked singularity from black holes. We explore the significant differences in behaviour of the epicyclic frequencies. These suggest that oscillations of discs orbiting Kerr black holes and naked singularities could be very different, and the information, given through X-ray variability of the source, could distinguish between the naked singularities and the black holes in general.