Published Paper

Inserted: 12 feb 2021
Last Updated: 9 mar 2021

Journal: Phys. Rev. D
Volume: 103
Year: 2021
Doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.064014

Abstract:

The general relativistic Poynting-Robertson effect is a dissipative and non-linear 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.