Instability of a Kerr-type naked singularity due to light and matter accretion and its shadow

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Main Authors: Tavlayan, Aydin, Tekin, Bayram
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author Tavlayan, Aydin
Tekin, Bayram
author_facet Tavlayan, Aydin
Tekin, Bayram
contents We study null and timelike constant radii geodesics in the environment of an over-spinning putative Kerr-type naked singularity. We are particularly interested in two topics: first, the differences of the shadows of the naked rotating singularity and the Kerr black hole; and second, the spinning down effect of the particles falling from the accretion disk. Around the naked singularity, the non-equatorial prograde orbits in the Kerr black hole remain intact up to a critical rotation parameter ($α=\sqrt{6 \sqrt{3}-9}$) and cease to exist above this value [Eur. Phys. J. C 78, 879 (2018)]. This has an important consequence in the shadow of the naked singularity if the shadow is registered by an observer on the polar plane or close to it as the shadow cannot be distinguished from that of a Kerr black hole viewed from the same angle considering only the light emanating from the unstable photon orbits. We show that the timelike retrograde orbits in the equatorial plane immediately (after about an 8% increase in mass for the case of initial $α=1.5$) reduce the spin parameter of the naked singularity from larger values to $α=1$ at which an event horizon appears. This happens because the retrograde orbits have a larger capture cross-section than the prograde ones. So if a naked singularity happens to have an accretion disk, it will not remain naked for long, an event horizon forms.
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spellingShingle Instability of a Kerr-type naked singularity due to light and matter accretion and its shadow
Tavlayan, Aydin
Tekin, Bayram
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We study null and timelike constant radii geodesics in the environment of an over-spinning putative Kerr-type naked singularity. We are particularly interested in two topics: first, the differences of the shadows of the naked rotating singularity and the Kerr black hole; and second, the spinning down effect of the particles falling from the accretion disk. Around the naked singularity, the non-equatorial prograde orbits in the Kerr black hole remain intact up to a critical rotation parameter ($α=\sqrt{6 \sqrt{3}-9}$) and cease to exist above this value [Eur. Phys. J. C 78, 879 (2018)]. This has an important consequence in the shadow of the naked singularity if the shadow is registered by an observer on the polar plane or close to it as the shadow cannot be distinguished from that of a Kerr black hole viewed from the same angle considering only the light emanating from the unstable photon orbits. We show that the timelike retrograde orbits in the equatorial plane immediately (after about an 8% increase in mass for the case of initial $α=1.5$) reduce the spin parameter of the naked singularity from larger values to $α=1$ at which an event horizon appears. This happens because the retrograde orbits have a larger capture cross-section than the prograde ones. So if a naked singularity happens to have an accretion disk, it will not remain naked for long, an event horizon forms.
title Instability of a Kerr-type naked singularity due to light and matter accretion and its shadow
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.13751