Scattering of circularly polarized light by a rotating black hole

Scattering of circularly polarized light by a rotating black hole

We study scattering of polarized light by a rotating (Kerr) black hole of mass M and angular momentum J. In order to keep trace of the polarization dependence of photon trajectories one can use the following dimensionless parameter: epsilon = + or -( omega M) super(-1), where omega is the photon fre...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, 2012-07, Vol.86 (2), Article 024010
Hauptverfasser: Frolov, Valeri P., Shoom, Andrey A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Black holes (astronomy)
Eikonal equation
Gravitation
Mathematical analysis
Photons
Polarization
Polarized light
Rotating
Scattering
Trajectories
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Zusammenfassung:We study scattering of polarized light by a rotating (Kerr) black hole of mass M and angular momentum J. In order to keep trace of the polarization dependence of photon trajectories one can use the following dimensionless parameter: epsilon = + or -( omega M) super(-1), where omega is the photon frequency and the sign + (-) corresponds to the right (left) circular polarization. We assume that epsilon
ISSN:1550-7998
1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.024010