Nonlinear Effects in Black Hole Ringdown

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  • Mark Ho-Yeuk Cheung
  • Vishal Baibhav
  • Emanuele Berti
  • Cardoso, Vitor
  • Carullo, Gregorio
  • Roberto Cotesta
  • Walter Del Pozzo
  • Francisco Duque
  • Thomas Helfer
  • Estuti Shukla
  • Kaze W. K. Wong

We report evidence for nonlinear modes in the ringdown stage of the gravitational waveform produced by the merger of two comparable-mass black holes. We consider both the coalescence of black hole binaries in quasicircular orbits and high-energy, head-on black hole collisions. The presence of nonlinear modes in the numerical simulations confirms that general-relativistic nonlinearities are important and must be considered in gravitational-wave data analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Article number081401
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume130
Issue number8
Number of pages6
ISSN0031-9007
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Feb 2023

    Research areas

  • EXTREME GRAVITY TESTS, GRAVITATIONAL-WAVES, PERTURBATIONS, RELATIVITY

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