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Hey folks,
working problems in Hartle's GR book and having trouble with this one. Chapter 9 discusses the simplest physically relavent curved geometry, that of Mr. Swarzschild
[tex] ds^s = -(1 - \frac{2 G M}{r}) dt^2
+ (1 - \frac{2 M}{r})^{-1} dr^2
+r^2(d\theta^2 + sin^2\theta d\phi^2) [/tex]
In this geometry the derivative of the effective potential goes to zero at two places. one is a stable equilibrium and the other is unstable.
[tex]
V_{eff} = -\frac{M}{r} + \frac{l^2}{2 r^2} - \frac{M L^2}{r^3}
[/tex]
the unstable r value for circular orbits occurs at
[tex]
r_{max} = \frac{l^2}{2 M}( 1-\sqrt{1-12 (\frac{M}{l}) ^2})
[/tex]
the goal is to show that when this orbit is perturbed in the radial direction that the perturbation grows exponentialy
[tex]
\delta_{r} \propto e^{\tau / \tau_*}
[/tex]
where [tex] \tau_* [/tex] is some constant
we also have a constant related to the conserved energy per unit rest mass to take advantage of
[tex]
\epsilon=\frac{1}{2}(\frac{dr}{d\tau})^2+V_{eff}(r)
[/tex]
i know that the derivative above will determine how this pertubation will grow and that
[tex] \epsilon - V_{eff} = 0 [/tex]
for circular orbits at the unstable r. I've tried expanding the potential around this unstable equilibrium point which yields derivatives of V multiplied by the deltar under a square root for the derivative but I can't see how to connect this to the exponential form of the proper time.
working problems in Hartle's GR book and having trouble with this one. Chapter 9 discusses the simplest physically relavent curved geometry, that of Mr. Swarzschild
[tex] ds^s = -(1 - \frac{2 G M}{r}) dt^2
+ (1 - \frac{2 M}{r})^{-1} dr^2
+r^2(d\theta^2 + sin^2\theta d\phi^2) [/tex]
In this geometry the derivative of the effective potential goes to zero at two places. one is a stable equilibrium and the other is unstable.
[tex]
V_{eff} = -\frac{M}{r} + \frac{l^2}{2 r^2} - \frac{M L^2}{r^3}
[/tex]
the unstable r value for circular orbits occurs at
[tex]
r_{max} = \frac{l^2}{2 M}( 1-\sqrt{1-12 (\frac{M}{l}) ^2})
[/tex]
the goal is to show that when this orbit is perturbed in the radial direction that the perturbation grows exponentialy
[tex]
\delta_{r} \propto e^{\tau / \tau_*}
[/tex]
where [tex] \tau_* [/tex] is some constant
we also have a constant related to the conserved energy per unit rest mass to take advantage of
[tex]
\epsilon=\frac{1}{2}(\frac{dr}{d\tau})^2+V_{eff}(r)
[/tex]
i know that the derivative above will determine how this pertubation will grow and that
[tex] \epsilon - V_{eff} = 0 [/tex]
for circular orbits at the unstable r. I've tried expanding the potential around this unstable equilibrium point which yields derivatives of V multiplied by the deltar under a square root for the derivative but I can't see how to connect this to the exponential form of the proper time.
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