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Growth of accretion driven scalar hair around Kerr black holes

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D.
We report that Scalar fields around compact objects are of interest for scalar-tensor theories of gravity and dark matter models consisting of a massive scalar, e.g., axions. We study the behavior of a scalar field around a Kerr black hole with nontrivial asymptotic boundary conditions - both nonzero density and nonzero angular momentum. Starting from an initial radially homogeneous configuration, a scalar cloud is accreted, which asymptotes to known stationary configurations over time. We study the cloud growth for different parameters including black hole spin, scalar field mass, and the scalar field density and angular momentum far from the black hole. We characterize the transient growth of the mass and angular momentum in the cloud, and the spatial profile of the scalar around the black hole, and relate the results of fully nonlinear simulations to an analytic perturbative expansion. We also highlight the potential for these accreted clouds to create monochromatic gravitational wave signals - similar to the signals from superradiant clouds, although significantly weaker in amplitude.
Research Organization:
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Sponsoring Organization:
European Research Council (ERC); Kavli Foundation; Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe; Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Simons Fellowship; USDOE Office of Science (SC); Univ. of Columbia
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0011941
OSTI ID:
1851581
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 103; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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