Analytical solutions for geodesics in black hole spacetimes

2015/06/04 by Eva Hackmann, Hackmann, Eva, Lämmerzahl, Claus
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1506.01572

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Abstract

We review the analytical solution methods for the geodesic equations in Kerr-Newman-Taub-NUT-de Sitter spacetimes and its subclasses in terms of elliptic and hyperelliptic functions. A short guide to corresponding literature for general timelike and lightlike motion is also presented.

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