What is the final state of a black hole merger?
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2018-08-01 v1
Abstract
In this short paper we discuss the possibility of testing the nature of astrophysical black holes using the recently observed black hole mergers. We investigate the possibility that a secondary black hole is created in the merger of two astrophysical black holes and discuss potential astrophysical signatures. We point out that black hole mergers are a possible astrophysical mechanism for the creation of quantum black holes with masses close to the Planck mass.
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@article{arxiv.1806.02979,
title = {What is the final state of a black hole merger?},
author = {Xavier Calmet and Roberto Casadio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.02979},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
This paper was submitted to a journal on November 27, 2017 and accepted on June 05, 2018