In the Zipoy-Voorhees spacetime, the Shapiro time delay and the Shirokov oscillation frequencies acquire corrections from the quadrupole deformation parameter q, with the delay correction appearing at first order in q.
Gravitational capture cross-section in Zipoy-Voorhees spacetimes
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We consider geodesics of massive and massless test particles in the gravitational field of a static and axisymmetric compact object described by the quadrupolar metric ($q$-metric), which is the simplest generalization of the Schwarzschild metric, containing an independent quadrupole parameter $q$. We analyze the effective potential profile and calculate the orbital parameters and capture cross-sections of test particles in this spacetime. Moreover, we derive the explicit expression for the escape angle of photons as a function of the quadrupole parameter. All the results reduce in the corresponding limit of vanishing quadrupole to the well-known case of the Schwarzschild spacetime. We argue that our results could be used to investigate realistic compact objects such as white dwarfs and neutron stars.
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Constraining quadrupole deformations with relativistic effects
In the Zipoy-Voorhees spacetime, the Shapiro time delay and the Shirokov oscillation frequencies acquire corrections from the quadrupole deformation parameter q, with the delay correction appearing at first order in q.