Impact of a plasma on the relaxation of black holes

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Auteurs principaux: Cannizzaro, Enrico, Spieksma, Thomas F. M., Cardoso, Vitor, Ikeda, Taishi
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author Cannizzaro, Enrico
Spieksma, Thomas F. M.
Cardoso, Vitor
Ikeda, Taishi
author_facet Cannizzaro, Enrico
Spieksma, Thomas F. M.
Cardoso, Vitor
Ikeda, Taishi
contents Our universe is permeated with interstellar plasma, which prevents propagation of low-frequency electromagnetic waves. Here, we show that two dramatic consequences arise out of such suppression; (i) if plasma permeates the light ring of a black hole, electromagnetic modes are screened entirely from the gravitational-wave signal, changing the black hole spectroscopy paradigm; (ii) if a near vacuum cavity is formed close to a charged black hole, as expected for near equal-mass mergers, ringdown "echoes" are excited. The amplitude of such echoes decays slowly and could thus serve as a silver bullet for plasmas near charged black holes.
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spellingShingle Impact of a plasma on the relaxation of black holes
Cannizzaro, Enrico
Spieksma, Thomas F. M.
Cardoso, Vitor
Ikeda, Taishi
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Our universe is permeated with interstellar plasma, which prevents propagation of low-frequency electromagnetic waves. Here, we show that two dramatic consequences arise out of such suppression; (i) if plasma permeates the light ring of a black hole, electromagnetic modes are screened entirely from the gravitational-wave signal, changing the black hole spectroscopy paradigm; (ii) if a near vacuum cavity is formed close to a charged black hole, as expected for near equal-mass mergers, ringdown "echoes" are excited. The amplitude of such echoes decays slowly and could thus serve as a silver bullet for plasmas near charged black holes.
title Impact of a plasma on the relaxation of black holes
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05315