TY - JOUR
T1 - Adiabatic evolution of three 'constants' of motion for greatly inclined orbits in kerr spacetime
AU - Ganz, Katsuhiko
AU - Hikida, Wataru
AU - Nakano, Hiroyuki
AU - Sago, Norichika
AU - Tanaka, Takahiro
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - General orbits of a particle of small mass μ around a Kerr black hole of mass M are characterized by three parameters: the energy, the angular momentum and the Carter constant. The time-averaged rates of change of the energy and the angular momentum can be obtained by computing the corresponding fluxes of gravitational waves emitted by the particle. By contrast, the time-averaged rate of change of the Carter constant cannot be expressed as a flux of gravitational waves. Recently a method to compute this rate of change was proposed by Mino, and we refined it into a simplified form. In this paper we further extend our previous work to give a new formulation without the aid of expansion in terms of a small inclination angle.
AB - General orbits of a particle of small mass μ around a Kerr black hole of mass M are characterized by three parameters: the energy, the angular momentum and the Carter constant. The time-averaged rates of change of the energy and the angular momentum can be obtained by computing the corresponding fluxes of gravitational waves emitted by the particle. By contrast, the time-averaged rate of change of the Carter constant cannot be expressed as a flux of gravitational waves. Recently a method to compute this rate of change was proposed by Mino, and we refined it into a simplified form. In this paper we further extend our previous work to give a new formulation without the aid of expansion in terms of a small inclination angle.
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U2 - 10.1143/PTP.117.1041
DO - 10.1143/PTP.117.1041
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548613643
SN - 0033-068X
VL - 117
SP - 1041
EP - 1066
JO - Progress of Theoretical Physics
JF - Progress of Theoretical Physics
IS - 6
ER -