Equatorial periodic orbits and gravitational waveforms in a black hole free of Cauchy horizon

• Published in: Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics Vol. 2025; no. 7; pp. 21 - 50
• Main Authors: Wang, Chao-Hui, Meng, Xiang-Cheng, Zhang, Yu-Peng, Zhu, Tao, Wei, Shao-Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2025
• Subjects: Angular momentum; Circular orbits; Constraints; GR black holes; Gravitational waves; Gravitational waves in GR and beyond: theory; Hair; Orbits; Parameters; Supermassive black holes; Waveforms
• ISSN: 1475-7516; 1475-7516
• DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2025/07/021

In this paper, we study the periodic orbits and gravitational wave radiation in an extreme mass ratio inspiral system, where a stellar-mass object orbits a supermassive black hole without Cauchy horizons. Firstly, by using the effective potential, the marginally bound orbits and the innermost stable circular orbits are investigated. It is found that the radius, orbital angular momentum, and energy increase with the hair parameter for both orbits. Based on these results, we examine one special type of orbit, the periodic orbit, around the black hole without the Cauchy horizon. The results show that, for a fixed rational number, the energy and angular momentum of the periodic orbit increase with the hair parameter. In particular, we observe a significant deviation from the Schwarzschild case for small hair parameter with a large amount of external mass outside the black hole horizon. Moreover, we examine the waveforms in the extreme mass ratio inspiral system to explore the orbital information of the periodic orbits and the constraints on the parameters of the black holes. The results reveal that the gravitational waveforms can fully capture the zoom-whirl behavior of periodic orbits. Moreover, the phase of the gravitational waves imposes constraints on the parameters of the black hole solutions. As the system evolves, the phase shift of the waveforms becomes increasingly significant, with cumulative deviations becoming more pronounced over time. Compared to the Schwarzschild black hole background, the waveform phase will advance for the central supermassive black hole without a Cauchy horizon.