Existence and stability of circular orbits in static and axisymmetric spacetimes

The existence and stability of timelike and null circular orbits (COs) in the equatorial plane of general static and axisymmetric (SAS) spacetime are investigated in this work. Using the fixed point approach, we first obtained a necessary and sufficient condition for the non-existence of timelike COs. It is then proven that there will always exist timelike COs at large \(\rho \) in an asymptotically flat SAS spacetime with a positive ADM mass and moreover, these timelike COs are stable. Some other sufficient conditions on the stability of timelike COs are also solved. We then found the necessary and sufficient condition on the existence of null COs. It is generally shown that the existence of timelike COs in SAS spacetime does not imply the existence of null COs, and vice-versa, regardless whether the spacetime is asymptotically flat or the ADM mass is positive or not. These results are then used to show the existence of timelike COs and their stability in an SAS Einstein-Yang-Mills-Dilaton spacetimes whose metric is not completely known. We also used the theorems to deduce the existence of timelike and null COs in some known SAS spacetimes.     

Nilpotent orbits in real symmetric pairs and stationary black holes

In the study of stationary solutions in extended supergravities with symmetric scalar manifolds, the nilpotent orbits of a real symmetric pair play an important role. In this paper we discuss two approaches to determine the nilpotent orbits of a real symmetric pair. We apply our methods to an explicit example, and thereby classify the nilpotent orbits of acting on the fourth tensor power of the natural 2‐dimensional ‐module. This makes it possible to classify all stationary solutions of the so‐called STU‐supergravity model.     

Charged particle orbits in Kerr geometry with electromagnetic fields as viewed from locally non-rotating frames

The charged particle orbits in electromagnetic fields on Kerr background as viewed from a locally non-rotating frame do not exhibit non-gyrating bound orbits, which was an essential feature in the earlier study of Prasanna and Vishveshwara, thus showing the non gyration to be due to the effect of dragging of inertial frames produced by the rotating black hole.     

Bunching mechanism and kinetic analysis of the relativistic electron beam in centrifugal electrostatic focusing system

This paper proposes an azimuthal bunching-mechanism of a relativistic electron beam with circular orbits in the centrifugal electrostatic focusing system (CEFS). A kinetic theory is given which is in principal agreement with the proposed bunching-mechanism. A new proposal is presented that the electron beam is obliquely injected into CEFS.