Analytical solution methods for geodesic motion

The observation of the motion of particles and light near a gravitating object is until now the only way to explore and to measure the gravitational field. In the case of exact black hole solutions of the Einstein equations the gravitational field is characterized by a small number of parameters which can be read off from the observables related to the orbits of test particles and light rays. Here we review the state of the art of analytical solutions of geodesic equations in various space--times. In particular we consider the four dimensional black hole space--times of Pleba\'nski--Demia\'nski type as far as the geodesic equation separates, as well as solutions in higher dimensions, and also solutions with cosmic strings. The mathematical tools used are elliptic and hyperelliptic functions. We present a list of analytic solutions which can be found in the literature.Comment: 11 pages, no figures; based on presentation at the conference "V. Leopoldo Garc\'ia--Col\'in Mexican Meeting on Mathematical and Experimental Physics", Mexico City, 201

Exact solution for two unequal counter-rotating black holes

The complete solution for two unequal counter-rotating black holes separated by a massless strut, is developed in terms of four arbitrary parameters involving two quantities \sigma 1 and \sigma 2 as the half length of the two rods representing the black hole horizons, the total mass M and the relative distance R between the centers of the horizons. A further attempt for describing the explicit form of this solution in terms of the physical parameters: The two Komar masses M1 and M2, Komar angular momenta per unit mass a1 and a2 (a1 and a2 have opposite sign), and the coordinate distance R, guided us to a 4-parameter subclass in which the five physical parameters satisfy a simple algebraic relation and the interaction force in this scheme looks like Schwarzschild type.Comment: This paper has been withdrawn for changes on i