Testing disformal non-circular deformation of Kerr black holes with LISA

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Main Authors: Babichev, Eugeny, Charmousis, Christos, Doneva, Daniela D., Gyulchev, Galin N., Yazadjiev, Stoytcho S.
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author Babichev, Eugeny
Charmousis, Christos
Doneva, Daniela D.
Gyulchev, Galin N.
Yazadjiev, Stoytcho S.
author_facet Babichev, Eugeny
Charmousis, Christos
Doneva, Daniela D.
Gyulchev, Galin N.
Yazadjiev, Stoytcho S.
contents There is strong observational evidence that almost every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center. It is of fundamental importance to know whether such black holes are described by the standard Kerr solution in General Relativity (GR) or by another black hole solution. An interesting alternative is the so-called disformal Kerr black holes which exist within the framework of degenerate higher-order scalar-tensor (DHOST) theories of gravity. The departure from the standard Kerr black hole spacetime is parametrized by a parameter $D$, called $\textit{disformal parameter}$. In the present work, we discuss the capability of LISA to detect the disformal parameter. For this purpose, we study Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRI's) around disformal Kerr black holes within the framework of the quadrupole hybrid formalism. Even when the disformal parameter is very small, its effect on the globally accumulated phase of the gravitational waveform of an EMRI can be significant due to the large number of cycles in the LISA band made by the small compact object. We show that LISA will in principle be able to detect and measure extremely small values of the disformal parameter which in turn, can be seen as an assessment of LISA's ability to detect very small deviations from the Kerr geometry.
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spellingShingle Testing disformal non-circular deformation of Kerr black holes with LISA
Babichev, Eugeny
Charmousis, Christos
Doneva, Daniela D.
Gyulchev, Galin N.
Yazadjiev, Stoytcho S.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
There is strong observational evidence that almost every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center. It is of fundamental importance to know whether such black holes are described by the standard Kerr solution in General Relativity (GR) or by another black hole solution. An interesting alternative is the so-called disformal Kerr black holes which exist within the framework of degenerate higher-order scalar-tensor (DHOST) theories of gravity. The departure from the standard Kerr black hole spacetime is parametrized by a parameter $D$, called $\textit{disformal parameter}$. In the present work, we discuss the capability of LISA to detect the disformal parameter. For this purpose, we study Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRI's) around disformal Kerr black holes within the framework of the quadrupole hybrid formalism. Even when the disformal parameter is very small, its effect on the globally accumulated phase of the gravitational waveform of an EMRI can be significant due to the large number of cycles in the LISA band made by the small compact object. We show that LISA will in principle be able to detect and measure extremely small values of the disformal parameter which in turn, can be seen as an assessment of LISA's ability to detect very small deviations from the Kerr geometry.
title Testing disformal non-circular deformation of Kerr black holes with LISA
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16192