Adiabatic Radiation Reaction to Orbits in Kerr Spacetime
Author(s) -
Norichika Sago,
Takahiro Tanaka,
Wataru Hikida,
Hiroyuki Nakano
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-4081
pISSN - 0033-068X
DOI - 10.1143/ptp.114.509
Subject(s) - physics , adiabatic process , geodesic , angular momentum , adiabatic theorem , spacetime , classical mechanics , motion (physics) , constant (computer programming) , azimuth , total angular momentum quantum number , quantum electrodynamics , quantum mechanics , optics , geometry , computer science , programming language , mathematics
Geodesic motion of a point particle in Kerr geometry has three constants ofmotion, energy $E$, azimuthal angular momentum $L$, and Carter constant $Q$.Under the adiabatic approximation, radiation reaction effect is characterizedby the time evolution of these constants. In this letter we show that thescheme to evaluate them can be dramatically simplified.Comment: 5pages, no figure, accepted for publication in PT
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