Axisymmetric, stationary collisionless gas configurations surrounding black holes

The properties of a stationary gas cloud surrounding a black hole are discussed, assuming that the gas consists of collisionless, identical massive particles that follow spatially bound geodesic orbits in the Schwarzschild spacetime. Several models for the one-particle distribution function are cons...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2022-09
Main Authors: Gabarrete, Carlos, Sarbach, Olivier
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angular momentum
Black holes
Configurations
Distribution functions
Tensors
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Summary:The properties of a stationary gas cloud surrounding a black hole are discussed, assuming that the gas consists of collisionless, identical massive particles that follow spatially bound geodesic orbits in the Schwarzschild spacetime. Several models for the one-particle distribution function are considered, and the essential formulae that describe the relevant macroscopic observables, like the current density four-vector and the stress-energy-momentum tensor are derived. This is achieved by rewriting these observables as integrals over the constants of motion and by a careful analysis of the range of integration. In particular, we provide configurations with finite total mass and angular momentum. Differences between these configurations and their nonrelativistic counterparts in a Newtonian potential are analyzed. Finally, our configurations are compared to their hydrodynamic analogues, the "polish doughnuts".
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2209.05327