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Radiation-reaction-induced evolution of circular orbits of particles around Kerr Black Holes

Daniel Kennefick, Amos Ori

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9512018

Abstract

It is demonstrated that, in the adiabatic approximation, non-Equatorial circular orbits of particles in the Kerr metric (i.e. orbits of constant Boyer-Lindquist radius) remain circular under the influence of gravitational radiation reaction. A brief discussion is given of conditions for breakdown of adiabaticity and of whether slightly non-circular orbits are stable against the growth of eccentricity.

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