Gravity Waves from Extreme-Mass-Ratio Plunges into Kerr Black Holes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-10-07 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Massive objects orbiting a near-extreme Kerr black hole quickly plunge into the horizon after passing the innermost stable circular orbit. The plunge trajectory is shown to be related by a conformal map to a circular orbit. Conformal symmetry of the near-horizon region is then used to compute the gravitational radiation produced during the plunge phase.
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@article{arxiv.1403.2797,
title = {Gravity Waves from Extreme-Mass-Ratio Plunges into Kerr Black Holes},
author = {Shahar Hadar and Achilleas P. Porfyriadis and Andrew Strominger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.2797},
year = {2014}
}
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20 pages, 1 figure