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Title: Effective Field Theory for the perturbations of a slowly rotating black hole

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [4]
  1. Columbia University, New York, NY (United States); Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
  2. Columbia University, New York, NY (United States)
  3. Columbia University, New York, NY (United States); International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste (Italy)
  4. Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Pisa (Italy)

We develop the effective theory for perturbations around black holes with scalar hair, in two directions. First, we show that the scalar-Gauss-Bonnet theory, often used as an example exhibiting scalar black hole hair, can be deformed by galileon operators leading to order unity changes to its predictions. The effective theory for perturbations thus provides an efficient framework for describing and constraining broad classes of scalar-tensor theories, of which the addition of galileon operators is an example. Second, we extend the effective theory to perturbations around an axisymmetric, slowly rotating black hole, at linear order in the black hole spin. We also discuss the inclusion of parity-breaking operators in the effective theory.

Research Organization:
Columbia University, New York, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Simons Fellowship; Simons Foundation; Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0011941
OSTI ID:
1976601
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 2021; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer NatureCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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