Boson star-black hole binaries: initial data and head-on collisions
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| author | Ning, Zhuan |
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| contents | We present a numerical-relativity study of comparable-mass boson star-black hole (BS-BH) head-on collisions, focusing on both initial-data construction and gravitational-wave (GW) phenomenology. We show that plain superposition can strongly perturb the BS core, leading to large constraint violations and unphysical radial oscillations. To remedy this problem, we introduce a one-body conformal-factor correction and find that it robustly suppresses these artifacts. Using the improved initial data, we analyze GW emission from equal- and unequal-mass BS-BH binaries and compare with matched BS-BS and BH-BH baselines. For equal masses, the BS-BH radiated energy increases with BS compactness and approaches the BH-BH limit for highly compact stars. For unequal masses, the dominant $(2,0)$ mode often remains close to the BH-BH morphology, whereas the subdominant $(3,0)$ mode provides clear discriminatory power when the BH is the heavier companion. Our results identify higher multipoles as a key observable for distinguishing mixed BS-BH mergers from pure BH binaries. |
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| spellingShingle | Boson star-black hole binaries: initial data and head-on collisions Ning, Zhuan General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena We present a numerical-relativity study of comparable-mass boson star-black hole (BS-BH) head-on collisions, focusing on both initial-data construction and gravitational-wave (GW) phenomenology. We show that plain superposition can strongly perturb the BS core, leading to large constraint violations and unphysical radial oscillations. To remedy this problem, we introduce a one-body conformal-factor correction and find that it robustly suppresses these artifacts. Using the improved initial data, we analyze GW emission from equal- and unequal-mass BS-BH binaries and compare with matched BS-BS and BH-BH baselines. For equal masses, the BS-BH radiated energy increases with BS compactness and approaches the BH-BH limit for highly compact stars. For unequal masses, the dominant $(2,0)$ mode often remains close to the BH-BH morphology, whereas the subdominant $(3,0)$ mode provides clear discriminatory power when the BH is the heavier companion. Our results identify higher multipoles as a key observable for distinguishing mixed BS-BH mergers from pure BH binaries. |
| title | Boson star-black hole binaries: initial data and head-on collisions |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15240 |