Scattering and absorption of gravitational plane waves by rotating black holes

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/23/235002zbMATH Open1155.83345arXiv0801.3805OpenAlexW3102172492WikidataQ59280044 ScholiaQ59280044MaRDI QIDQ5302145FDOQ5302145

Authors: Sam R. Dolan 

Publication date: 6 January 2009

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

Abstract: This is a study of the scattering and absorption of planar gravitational waves by a Kerr black hole in vacuum. We apply the partial wave method to compute cross sections for the special case of radiation incident along the rotation axis. A catalogue of numerically-accurate cross sections is presented, for a range of incident wavelengths $Momegale4$ and rotation rates $ale0.999M$. Three effects are studied in detail: polarization, helicity-reversal and glory scattering. First, a new approximation to the polarization in the long-wavelength limit is derived. We show that black hole rotation distinguishes between co- and counter-rotating wave helicities, leading to a term in the cross section proportional to $aomega$. Second, we confirm that helicity is not conserved by the scattering process, and show that superradiance amplifies the effect. For certain wavelengths, the back-scattered flux is enhanced by as much as $sim35$ times for a rapidly-rotating hole (e.g. for $a=0.999M$ at $Momega=0.945$). Third, we observe regular glory and spiral scattering peaks in the numerically-determined cross sections. We show that the angular width and intensity of the peaks may be estimated via a semi-classical approximation. We conclude with a discussion of the observable implications of our results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3805

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Black holes (83C57) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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