Verification of the Black Hole Area Law with GW230814
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| author | Tang, Shao-Peng Wang, Hai-Tian Li, Yin-Jie Fan, Yi-Zhong |
| author_facet | Tang, Shao-Peng Wang, Hai-Tian Li, Yin-Jie Fan, Yi-Zhong |
| contents | We present an observational confirmation of Hawking's black-hole area theorem using the newly released gravitational-wave data from the GWTC-4.0. We analyze the high signal-to-noise ratio binary black hole (BBH) merger GW230814 and measure the (total) horizon area of the black holes before and after the merger. For preferred (and reasonable) choices of the post-truncation start time, the horizon area of the remnant black hole is found to be greater than the total horizon area of the two pre-merger black holes at a high possibility (at least $\gtrsim 99.5\%$). Importantly, our analysis accounts for sky-location uncertainty. These results provide a stringent observational confirmation of the black-hole area law, further bolstering the validity of classical general relativity in the dynamical, strong-field regime. |
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| spellingShingle | Verification of the Black Hole Area Law with GW230814 Tang, Shao-Peng Wang, Hai-Tian Li, Yin-Jie Fan, Yi-Zhong General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology We present an observational confirmation of Hawking's black-hole area theorem using the newly released gravitational-wave data from the GWTC-4.0. We analyze the high signal-to-noise ratio binary black hole (BBH) merger GW230814 and measure the (total) horizon area of the black holes before and after the merger. For preferred (and reasonable) choices of the post-truncation start time, the horizon area of the remnant black hole is found to be greater than the total horizon area of the two pre-merger black holes at a high possibility (at least $\gtrsim 99.5\%$). Importantly, our analysis accounts for sky-location uncertainty. These results provide a stringent observational confirmation of the black-hole area law, further bolstering the validity of classical general relativity in the dynamical, strong-field regime. |
| title | Verification of the Black Hole Area Law with GW230814 |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03480 |