Probing time-dependent scalar wigs with extreme mass ratio inspirals

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Main Authors: Della Rocca, Matteo, Antoniou, Georgios, Gualtieri, Leonardo, Maselli, Andrea
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Published: 2024
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author Della Rocca, Matteo
Antoniou, Georgios
Gualtieri, Leonardo
Maselli, Andrea
author_facet Della Rocca, Matteo
Antoniou, Georgios
Gualtieri, Leonardo
Maselli, Andrea
contents We investigate the gravitational wave emission from extreme mass ratio inspirals, key targets for the upcoming space-based detector LISA, considering the scenario where the lighter black hole in the binary is endowed by a long-lived, time-dependent scalar field configuration, known as a scalar wig. We develop a formalism to compute scalar perturbations for extreme mass ratio inspirals on circular orbits around Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes, and apply this framework to compute additional fluxes induced by the scalar wig as well as their dependence on the scalar field properties. Our computation provides strong indications that in this scenario the presence of the scalar field does not significantly affect the orbital motion and the gravitational waveform.
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spellingShingle Probing time-dependent scalar wigs with extreme mass ratio inspirals
Della Rocca, Matteo
Antoniou, Georgios
Gualtieri, Leonardo
Maselli, Andrea
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We investigate the gravitational wave emission from extreme mass ratio inspirals, key targets for the upcoming space-based detector LISA, considering the scenario where the lighter black hole in the binary is endowed by a long-lived, time-dependent scalar field configuration, known as a scalar wig. We develop a formalism to compute scalar perturbations for extreme mass ratio inspirals on circular orbits around Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes, and apply this framework to compute additional fluxes induced by the scalar wig as well as their dependence on the scalar field properties. Our computation provides strong indications that in this scenario the presence of the scalar field does not significantly affect the orbital motion and the gravitational waveform.
title Probing time-dependent scalar wigs with extreme mass ratio inspirals
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15131