Geodesics in Boulware-Deser black-hole spacetime

Journal Article · Sun Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.42.449· OSTI ID:7060204

Bhawal, B ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208 016 (India) Raman Research Institute, Bangalore 560 080 (India)

The geodesic motion in a higher-dimensional Boulware-Deser black-hole spacetime is studied. A comparison with the results in higher-dimensional Schwarzschild geometry is also made. For both timelike and null geodesics, no stable bound orbit is possible.

• OSTI ID: 7060204
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 42:2; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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