Speaker
Adrian del Rio Vega
(Penn State)
Description
We argue that black hole area quantization, in the form predicted by Bekenstein and Mukhanov, could leave observable imprints in the gravitational-wave signal of a binary black hole merger by affecting the absorption properties of the black holes. These imprints include gravitational-wave echoes after the ringdown stage, and suppressed tidal heating during the inspiral phase. This phenomenology is within reach of future gravitatinal-wave detectors, and could be used to bound the fundamental quantum of black hole area.
Authors
Adrian del Rio Vega
(Penn State)
Prof.
Ivan Agullo
(Louisiana State University)
Jorge Pullin
(Louisiana State University)
Michele Maggiore
(Universite de Geneve (CH))
Vítor Cardoso
(IST)
