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Robert Lasenby
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· 2016
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921317002319
· OA: W2718731310
YOU?
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· 2016
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921317002319
· OA: W2718731310
Bosonic fields around a spinning black hole can be amplified via ‘superradiance’, a wave analogue of the Penrose process, which extracts energy and momentum from the black hole. For hypothetical ultra-light bosons, with Compton wavelengths on ≳ km scales, such a process can lead to the exponential growth of gravitationally bound states around astrophysical Kerr black holes. If such particles exist, as predicted in many theories of beyond Standard Model physics, then these bosonic clouds give rise to a number of potentially-observable signals. Among the most promising are monochromatic gravitational radiation signals which could be detected at Advanced LIGO and future gravitational wave observatories.
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