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Main Authors: Yoo, Chul-Moon, Kimura, Masashi, Ishibashi, Akihiro, Ohashi, Rikuto
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.25062
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author Yoo, Chul-Moon
Kimura, Masashi
Ishibashi, Akihiro
Ohashi, Rikuto
author_facet Yoo, Chul-Moon
Kimura, Masashi
Ishibashi, Akihiro
Ohashi, Rikuto
contents We examine the possible characterization of ringdown waves in a dynamical Vaidya spacetime using the Penrose limit geometry around the dynamical photon sphere. In the case of a static spherically symmetric black hole spacetime, it is known that the quasinormal frequency in the eikonal limit can be characterized by the angular velocity and the Lyapunov exponent for the null geodesic congruence on the orbit of the unstable circular null geodesic. This correspondence can be further backed up by the analysis of the Penrose limit geometry around the unstable circular null geodesic orbit. We try to extend this analysis to a Vaidya spacetime, focusing on the dynamical photon sphere in it. Then we discuss to what extent the Penrose limit geometry can be relevant to the ringdown waves in the Vaidya spacetime, comparing the results with the numerically calculated waveform in the Vaidya spacetime.
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spellingShingle Ringdown in Vaidya spacetimes: time-dependent frequencies, Penrose limit and time-domain analyses
Yoo, Chul-Moon
Kimura, Masashi
Ishibashi, Akihiro
Ohashi, Rikuto
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We examine the possible characterization of ringdown waves in a dynamical Vaidya spacetime using the Penrose limit geometry around the dynamical photon sphere. In the case of a static spherically symmetric black hole spacetime, it is known that the quasinormal frequency in the eikonal limit can be characterized by the angular velocity and the Lyapunov exponent for the null geodesic congruence on the orbit of the unstable circular null geodesic. This correspondence can be further backed up by the analysis of the Penrose limit geometry around the unstable circular null geodesic orbit. We try to extend this analysis to a Vaidya spacetime, focusing on the dynamical photon sphere in it. Then we discuss to what extent the Penrose limit geometry can be relevant to the ringdown waves in the Vaidya spacetime, comparing the results with the numerically calculated waveform in the Vaidya spacetime.
title Ringdown in Vaidya spacetimes: time-dependent frequencies, Penrose limit and time-domain analyses
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.25062