The general relativistic Poynting-Robertson effect is a dissipative and nonlinear dynamical system obtained by perturbing through radiation processes the geodesic motion of test particles orbiting around a spinning compact object, described by the Kerr metric. Using the Melnikov method, we find that in a suitable range of parameters, chaotic behavior is present in the motion of a test particle driven by the Poynting-Robertson effect in the Kerr equatorial plane.

Detection of chaos in the general relativistic Poynting-Robertson effect: Kerr equatorial plane

William Borrelli
2021-01-01

Abstract

The general relativistic Poynting-Robertson effect is a dissipative and nonlinear dynamical system obtained by perturbing through radiation processes the geodesic motion of test particles orbiting around a spinning compact object, described by the Kerr metric. Using the Melnikov method, we find that in a suitable range of parameters, chaotic behavior is present in the motion of a test particle driven by the Poynting-Robertson effect in the Kerr equatorial plane.
2021
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