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Ringdown Gravitational Waves from Close Scattering of Two Black Holes
Yeong-Bok Bae1,2, Young-Hwan Hyun3, Gungwon Kang2
1Particle Theory and Cosmology Group, Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe, <a href="https://ror.org/00y0zf565">Institute for Basic Science (IBS)</a>, Daejeon 34126, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
We have numerically investigated close scattering processes of two black holes (BHs). Our careful analysis shows for the first time a nonmerging ringdown gravitational wave induced by dynamical tidal deformations of individual BHs during their close encounter. The ringdown wave frequencies turn out to agree well with the quasinormal ones of a single BH in perturbation theory, despite its distinctive physical context from the merging case. Our study shows a new type of gravitational waveform and opens up a new exploration of strong gravitational interactions using BH encounters.
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