It has been proven that the general relativistic Poynting-Robertson effect in the equatorial plane of the Kerr metric shows a chaotic behavior for a suitable range of parameters. As a further step, we calculate the timescale for the onset of chaos through the Lyapunov exponents, estimating how this trend impacts the observational dynamics. We conclude our analyses with a discussion on the possibility to observe this phenomenon in neutron star and black hole astrophysical sources.

Timescales of the chaos onset in the general relativistic Poynting-Robertson effect

William Borrelli
2021-01-01

Abstract

It has been proven that the general relativistic Poynting-Robertson effect in the equatorial plane of the Kerr metric shows a chaotic behavior for a suitable range of parameters. As a further step, we calculate the timescale for the onset of chaos through the Lyapunov exponents, estimating how this trend impacts the observational dynamics. We conclude our analyses with a discussion on the possibility to observe this phenomenon in neutron star and black hole astrophysical sources.
2021
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