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| author | Husken, Stef J. B. van der Steen, Tom Maenaut, Simon Lam, Kelvin Ka-Ho Jockwer, Maxim D. Chung, Adrian Ka-Wai Hertog, Thomas Li, Tjonnie G. F. Yunes, Nicolás |
| author_facet | Husken, Stef J. B. van der Steen, Tom Maenaut, Simon Lam, Kelvin Ka-Ho Jockwer, Maxim D. Chung, Adrian Ka-Wai Hertog, Thomas Li, Tjonnie G. F. Yunes, Nicolás |
| contents | In an effective-field-theory framework for gravity, black-hole quasinormal mode spectra acquire corrections in quadratic-curvature, scalar-tensor extensions of general relativity. Previous calculations of such corrections were limited to moderate spins, since the corresponding background solutions relied on expansions in the spin parameter. Using recently constructed numerical black-hole solutions valid for large spin, we compute the leading-order deviations from general relativity in the scalar quasinormal mode spectrum of rotating black holes in scalar Gauss-Bonnet and dynamical Chern-Simons gravity. We solve the resulting perturbation equations with pseudo-spectral collocation methods, allowing us to determine the quasinormal-mode corrections for dimensionless spins up to $a/M=0.99$, with accuracy better than $\lesssim 10^{-3}$ for the $l=m=0$ mode and $\lesssim 10^{-6}$ for higher multipoles. For spins $a/M>0.9$, the corrections to certain modes can increase by orders of magnitude. |
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| spellingShingle | Quadratic gravity corrections to scalar QNMs of rapidly rotating black holes Husken, Stef J. B. van der Steen, Tom Maenaut, Simon Lam, Kelvin Ka-Ho Jockwer, Maxim D. Chung, Adrian Ka-Wai Hertog, Thomas Li, Tjonnie G. F. Yunes, Nicolás General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology In an effective-field-theory framework for gravity, black-hole quasinormal mode spectra acquire corrections in quadratic-curvature, scalar-tensor extensions of general relativity. Previous calculations of such corrections were limited to moderate spins, since the corresponding background solutions relied on expansions in the spin parameter. Using recently constructed numerical black-hole solutions valid for large spin, we compute the leading-order deviations from general relativity in the scalar quasinormal mode spectrum of rotating black holes in scalar Gauss-Bonnet and dynamical Chern-Simons gravity. We solve the resulting perturbation equations with pseudo-spectral collocation methods, allowing us to determine the quasinormal-mode corrections for dimensionless spins up to $a/M=0.99$, with accuracy better than $\lesssim 10^{-3}$ for the $l=m=0$ mode and $\lesssim 10^{-6}$ for higher multipoles. For spins $a/M>0.9$, the corrections to certain modes can increase by orders of magnitude. |
| title | Quadratic gravity corrections to scalar QNMs of rapidly rotating black holes |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02214 |