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Explaining Nonlinearities in Black Hole Ringdowns from Symmetries

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-07-19 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

It has been recently pointed out that nonlinear effects are necessary to model the ringdown stage of the gravitational waveform produced by the merger of two black holes giving rise to a remnant Kerr black hole. We show that this nonlinear behaviour is explained, both on the qualitative and quantitative level, by near-horizon symmetries of the Kerr black hole within the Kerr/CFT correspondence.

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@article{arxiv.2301.09345,
  title  = {Explaining Nonlinearities in Black Hole Ringdowns from Symmetries},
  author = {Alex Kehagias and Davide Perrone and Antonio Riotto and Francesco Riva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.09345},
  year   = {2023}
}

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5 pages

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