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Scattering by a Schwarzschild black hole of particles undergoing drag force effects

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The scattering of massive particles by a Schwarzschild black hole also undergoing a drag force is considered. The latter is modeled as a viscous force acting on the orbital plane, with components proportional to the associated particle 4-velocity components. The energy and angular momentum losses as well as the dependence of the hyperbolic scattering angle on the strength of the drag are investigated in situations where strong field effects cause large deflections.

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D.B. thanks the Italian INFN (Naples) and ICRANet for partial support.

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Bini, D., Geralico, A. Scattering by a Schwarzschild black hole of particles undergoing drag force effects. Gen Relativ Gravit 48, 101 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-016-2094-6

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