Coordinate Independence of the Schwarzschild Black Hole Accretion Vlasov Gas Model

Abstract

This paper presents a detailed study of the coordinate dependence of Vlasov gas accretion onto a Schwarzschild black hole. Asymptotic results at infinity and near horizon are obtained via Taylor expansions for three different statistical distributions within the framework of the most general stationary spherically symmetric spacetime. Our findings demonstrate that the particle number density, energy density, radial and tangential pressures, and accretion rates are independent of the coordinate choice, even though individual components such as the particle current density and the stress-energy tensor explicitly depend on the coordinate system. Consequently, the accretion theory can be formulated without reference to any particular coordinate system. We also show that the mean energy of the accreted particles is $m_0+k_BT$, lower than the mean energy $m_0+\frac{3}{2}k_BT$ of the Maxwell-Boltzmann system in the classical limit. And the specific entropy of the accreted particles is lower than the global average by $\frac{3}{2}k_B$. This is because particles of lower energy are more easily accreted, while particles of higher energy are more readily scattered. We also present numerical results at finite radii for the relevant physical quantities.