Exact event horizon of a black hole merger

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/15/155003zbMATH Open1346.83037arXiv1603.00712OpenAlexW3102242282MaRDI QIDQ2820652FDOQ2820652

Authors: Roberto Emparan, Marina Martínez 

Publication date: 9 September 2016

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

Abstract: We argue that the event horizon of a binary black hole merger, in the extreme-mass-ratio limit where one of the black holes is much smaller than the other, can be described in an exact analytic way. This is done by tracing in the Schwarzschild geometry a congruence of null geodesics that approaches a null plane at infinity. Its form can be given explicitly in terms of elliptic functions, and we use it to analyze and illustrate the time-evolution of the horizon along the merger. We identify features such as the line of caustics at which light rays enter the horizon, and the critical point at which the horizons touch. We also compute several quantities that characterize these aspects of the merger.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.00712

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zbMATH Keywords

black holeevent horizonblack hole merger

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Black holes (83C57) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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