Hidden momentum and black hole kicks

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/30/20/205009zbMATH Open1276.83020arXiv1303.7456OpenAlexW3100196047MaRDI QIDQ2864577FDOQ2864577

Publication date: 25 November 2013

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

Abstract: A stationary magnetic dipole immersed in an electric field carries "hidden" mechanical momentum. However, the fate of this momentum if the fields are turned off is unclear. We consider a charge-and-dipole hidden momentum configuration, and turn off the fields by collapsing a null shell onto the system, forming a black hole. In numerical calculations we find that the black hole receives a kick corresponding to 0.1% of the initial stored momentum. When extrapolated to apply to purely gravitational phenomena, this efficiency suggests a role for the hidden momentum kick mechanism in generating the binary black hole "superkicks" observed in numerical simulations of Einstein's equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.7456

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Black holes (83C57) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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