Interacting Geodesics: Binary Systems around a Black Hole

Gueron, Eduardo; Letelier, Patricio S.

Interacting Geodesics: Binary Systems around a Black Hole

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We present a novel method to study interacting orbits in a fixed mean gravitational field associated with a solution of the Einstein field equations. The idea is to consider the Newton gravity among the orbiting particles in a geometry given by the main source. We apply the technique in the of study two and three self-gravitating particles moving around a black hole, i.e., in a Schwarzschild geometry. We also compare with the equivalent Newtonian problem and noted differences in the structural stability, e.g., binary systems were found only in the general relativistic approach.
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