Geometric horizons in binary black hole mergers

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AC10EDMaRDI QIDQ5163069zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alan Coley, Jeremy M. Peters, Erik Schnetter

Publication date 8 November 2021

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.04210

zbMATH Keywords

black hole horizonsnumericsscalar invariants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foliations (differential geometric aspects) (53C12) Two-body problems (70F05) Collision of rigid or pseudo-rigid bodies (70F35) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: We numerically study the algebraic properties of the Weyl tensor through the merger of two non-spinning black holes (BHs). We are particularly interested in the conjecture that for such a vacuum spacetime, which is zeroth-order algebraically general, a geometric horizon (GH), on which the spacetime is algebraically special and which is identified by the vanishing of a complex scalar invariant ($mathcalD$), characterizes a smooth foliation independent surface (horizon) associated with the BH. In the first simulation we investigate the level-$0$ sets of $extRe(mathcalD)$ (since $extIm(mathcalD)=0$) in the head-on collision of two unequal mass BHs. In the second simulation we shall investigate the level-$varepsilon$ sets of $|mathcalD|$ through a quasi-circular merger of two non-spinning, equal mass BHs. The numerical results, as displayed in the figures presented, provide evidence that a (unique) smooth GH can be identified throughout all stages of the binary BH merger.

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