Periodic orbits and gravitational waveforms of black holes in bumblebee gravity

In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of massive particles and the associated gravitational waveforms around a black hole within the framework of Einstein-Bumblebee gravity. Our analysis encompasses both charged and uncharged black hole configurations, with a particular focus on the observable consequences of the Lorentz symmetry breaking. We analyze the geodesic equations and the effective potential, and show that both the Lorentz-violating parameter l and the electric charge Q expand the parameter space for bound orbits. A key focus is placed on the classification and properties of periodic orbits, characterized by rational frequency ratios using the whirl, zoom, and vertex taxonomy. We demonstrate that in the uncharged case (Q=0), the radial effective potential and standard innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) properties are degenerate with those of a Schwarzschild black hole. However, the structure of periodic orbits exhibits qualitative differences, providing a possible observational signature that can break this degeneracy. Finally, we compute the corresponding gravitational waveforms extracted from these periodic orbits using the quadrupole formula. The results reveal that l and Q introduce contrasting phase-shifting effects on the waveforms. This suggests that bumblebee gravity leaves measurable imprints on gravitational-wave signals that could be detected by future space-based gravitational-wave observatories.