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Superradiance resonance cavity outside rapidly rotating black holes

Superradiance resonance cavity outside rapidly rotating black holes
Superradiance resonance cavity outside rapidly rotating black holes
We discuss the late-time behavior of a dynamically perturbed Kerr black hole. We present analytic results for near-extreme Kerr black holes that show that the large number of virtually undamped quasinormal modes that exist for nonzero values of the azimuthal eigenvalue m combine in such a way that the field oscillates with an amplitude that decays as 1/t at late times. This prediction is verified using numerical time evolutions of the Teukolsky equation. We argue that the observed behavior can be understood in terms of the presence of a "superradiance resonance cavity" immediately outside the black hole, and discuss whether it may be relevant for astrophysical black holes.
0031-9007
004537-[4pp]
Andersson, N.
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Glampedakis, K.
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Andersson, N.
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Glampedakis, K.
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Andersson, N. and Glampedakis, K. (2000) Superradiance resonance cavity outside rapidly rotating black holes. Physical Review Letters, 84, 004537-[4pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4537).

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We discuss the late-time behavior of a dynamically perturbed Kerr black hole. We present analytic results for near-extreme Kerr black holes that show that the large number of virtually undamped quasinormal modes that exist for nonzero values of the azimuthal eigenvalue m combine in such a way that the field oscillates with an amplitude that decays as 1/t at late times. This prediction is verified using numerical time evolutions of the Teukolsky equation. We argue that the observed behavior can be understood in terms of the presence of a "superradiance resonance cavity" immediately outside the black hole, and discuss whether it may be relevant for astrophysical black holes.

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Published date: 2000

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Local EPrints ID: 29434
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/29434
ISSN: 0031-9007
PURE UUID: 0a6835e4-22d8-4d30-8edb-84fcc7434085
ORCID for N. Andersson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8550-3843

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Date deposited: 12 May 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:01

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Author: N. Andersson ORCID iD
Author: K. Glampedakis

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