Interacting black holes on the brane: the seeding of binaries
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v3
Abstract
We consider the evolution of sub-horizon-sized black holes which are formed during the high energy phase of the braneworld scenario. These black holes are long-lived due to modified evaporation and accretion of radiation during the radiation dominated era. We argue that an initial mass difference between any two neighbouring black holes is always amplified because of their exchange of energy with the surrounding radiation. We present a scheme of binary formation based on mass differences suggesting that such a scenario could lead to binaries with observable signatures.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0311148,
title = {Interacting black holes on the brane: the seeding of binaries},
author = {A. S. Majumdar and A. Mehta and J. M. Luck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0311148},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, LaTex, discussion of binary parameters in terms of mass differences, references updated, accepted for publication in Physics Letters B