Comment on "Geodesic dynamics on Chazy-Curzon spacetimes"

Abstract

The recent numerical results of Dubeibe et al. [arXiv:1812.08663] were interpreted as hinting at the existence of a fourth constant of motion (Carter's constant) for geodesics on Chazy-Curzon spacetimes. Here we show that, to the contrary, the geodesic dynamics of the single-particle Chazy-Curzon spacetime exhibit features of a non-integrable system: chaotic orbits in the meridian plane, and Birkhoff chains in the surface of section. Thus, one should not expect Liouville-integrability, nor a fourth constant, for this system.

7 pages, 1 figure. See also arXiv:1812.08663