Scalar Tsunamis from Black Hole Formation

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Main Authors: de Giorgi, Arturo, del Castillo, Yeray Garcia, Jaeckel, Joerg
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Published: 2026
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author de Giorgi, Arturo
del Castillo, Yeray Garcia
Jaeckel, Joerg
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del Castillo, Yeray Garcia
Jaeckel, Joerg
contents Stars and other macroscopic objects may be surrounded by potentially large field configurations of very light scalars coupled to ordinary matter. If the star ends in a black hole, e.g. via a supernova or a neutron star merger, the source vanishes, and the field is released. In this paper, we improve on previous estimates for the field configurations arriving at large distances by including the effects of general relativity and an improved modelling of the initial field configurations. The total amount of energy released is typically of the same order of magnitude as suggested by simple flat space estimates. The spectrum receives noticeable corrections.
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spellingShingle Scalar Tsunamis from Black Hole Formation
de Giorgi, Arturo
del Castillo, Yeray Garcia
Jaeckel, Joerg
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
Stars and other macroscopic objects may be surrounded by potentially large field configurations of very light scalars coupled to ordinary matter. If the star ends in a black hole, e.g. via a supernova or a neutron star merger, the source vanishes, and the field is released. In this paper, we improve on previous estimates for the field configurations arriving at large distances by including the effects of general relativity and an improved modelling of the initial field configurations. The total amount of energy released is typically of the same order of magnitude as suggested by simple flat space estimates. The spectrum receives noticeable corrections.
title Scalar Tsunamis from Black Hole Formation
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06112