Black Holes in an Effective Field Theory Extension of General Relativity
Abstract
Effective field theory methods suggest that some rather general extensions of general relativity include, or are mimicked by, certain higher-order curvature corrections, with coupling constants expected to be small but otherwise arbitrary. Thus, the tantalizing prospect to test the fundamental nature of gravity with gravitational-wave observations, in a systematic way, emerges naturally. Here, we build black hole solutions in such a framework and study their main properties. Once rotation is included, we find the first purely gravitational example of geometries without Z2 symmetry. Despite the higher-order operators of the theory, we show that linearized fluctuations of such geometries obey second-order differential equations. We find nonzero tidal Love numbers. We study and compute the quasinormal modes of such geometries. These results are of interest to gravitational-wave science but also potentially relevant for electromagnetic observations of the galactic center or x-ray binaries.
- Authors:
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- Universidade de Lisboa–UL (Portugal); CERN 1 Esplanade des Particules, Geneva (Switzerland)
- Universidade de Lisboa–UL (Portugal)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1493408
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; 646597; 690904; CA16104; 1720397
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 121; Journal Issue: 25; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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Cardoso, Vitor, Kimura, Masashi, Maselli, Andrea, and Senatore, Leonardo. Black Holes in an Effective Field Theory Extension of General Relativity. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.121.251105.
Cardoso, Vitor, Kimura, Masashi, Maselli, Andrea, & Senatore, Leonardo. Black Holes in an Effective Field Theory Extension of General Relativity. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.251105
Cardoso, Vitor, Kimura, Masashi, Maselli, Andrea, and Senatore, Leonardo. Thu .
"Black Holes in an Effective Field Theory Extension of General Relativity". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.251105. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1493408.
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title = {Black Holes in an Effective Field Theory Extension of General Relativity},
author = {Cardoso, Vitor and Kimura, Masashi and Maselli, Andrea and Senatore, Leonardo},
abstractNote = {Effective field theory methods suggest that some rather general extensions of general relativity include, or are mimicked by, certain higher-order curvature corrections, with coupling constants expected to be small but otherwise arbitrary. Thus, the tantalizing prospect to test the fundamental nature of gravity with gravitational-wave observations, in a systematic way, emerges naturally. Here, we build black hole solutions in such a framework and study their main properties. Once rotation is included, we find the first purely gravitational example of geometries without Z2 symmetry. Despite the higher-order operators of the theory, we show that linearized fluctuations of such geometries obey second-order differential equations. We find nonzero tidal Love numbers. We study and compute the quasinormal modes of such geometries. These results are of interest to gravitational-wave science but also potentially relevant for electromagnetic observations of the galactic center or x-ray binaries.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevlett.121.251105},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 25,
volume = 121,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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