On generic parametrizations of spinning black-hole geometries
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On generic parametrizations of spinning black-hole geometries. / Cardoso, Vitor; Pani, Paolo; Rico, Joao.
I: Physical Review D, Bind 89, Nr. 6, 064007, 05.03.2014.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - On generic parametrizations of spinning black-hole geometries
AU - Cardoso, Vitor
AU - Pani, Paolo
AU - Rico, Joao
PY - 2014/3/5
Y1 - 2014/3/5
N2 - The construction of a generic parametrization of spinning geometries that can be matched continuously to the Kerr metric is an important open problem in general relativity. Its resolution is of more than academic interest, as it allows us to parametrize and quantify possible deviations from the no-hair theorem. Various approaches to the problem have been proposed, all with their own (severe) limitations. Here we discuss the metric recently proposed by Johannsen and Psaltis, showing that (i) the original metric describes only corrections that preserve the horizon area-mass relation of nonspinning geometries, (ii) this unnecessary restriction can be relaxed by introducing a new parameter that in fact dominates in both the weak-field and strong-field regimes, (iii) within this framework, we construct the most generic spinning black-hole geometry that contains twice as many (infinite) parameters as the original metric, and (iv) in the strong-field regime, all parameters are (roughly) equally important. This fact introduces a severe degeneracy problem in the case of highly spinning black holes. Our results suggest that using parametrizations that affect only the quadrupole moment of the Kerr geometry is problematic, because higher-order multipoles can be equally relevant for highly spinning objects. Finally, we prove that even our generalization fails to describe the few known spinning black-hole metrics in modified gravity.
AB - The construction of a generic parametrization of spinning geometries that can be matched continuously to the Kerr metric is an important open problem in general relativity. Its resolution is of more than academic interest, as it allows us to parametrize and quantify possible deviations from the no-hair theorem. Various approaches to the problem have been proposed, all with their own (severe) limitations. Here we discuss the metric recently proposed by Johannsen and Psaltis, showing that (i) the original metric describes only corrections that preserve the horizon area-mass relation of nonspinning geometries, (ii) this unnecessary restriction can be relaxed by introducing a new parameter that in fact dominates in both the weak-field and strong-field regimes, (iii) within this framework, we construct the most generic spinning black-hole geometry that contains twice as many (infinite) parameters as the original metric, and (iv) in the strong-field regime, all parameters are (roughly) equally important. This fact introduces a severe degeneracy problem in the case of highly spinning black holes. Our results suggest that using parametrizations that affect only the quadrupole moment of the Kerr geometry is problematic, because higher-order multipoles can be equally relevant for highly spinning objects. Finally, we prove that even our generalization fails to describe the few known spinning black-hole metrics in modified gravity.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.064007
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.064007
M3 - Journal article
VL - 89
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
SN - 2470-0010
IS - 6
M1 - 064007
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