Excitation of Kerr quasinormal modes in extreme-mass-ratio inspirals

If a small compact object orbits a black hole, it is known that it can excite the black hole's quasinormal modes (QNMs), leading to high-frequency oscillations (“wiggles”) in the radiated field at J^{+}, and in the radiation-reaction self-force acting on the object after its orbit passes throug...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Thornburg, Barry Wardell, Maarten van de Meent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-03-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013365