Speaker
Giovanni D'Addario
(University of Nottingham)
Description
Deviations from General Relativity can be probed with black hole spectroscopy, as the quasi-normal mode (QNM) frequency spectrum of a black hole with additional ‘hair’ is expected to differ from that of a Kerr black hole. We construct an effective field theory scheme for QNMs to capture deviations from Kerr for black holes in theories with a coupling between a shift-symmetric scalar and the Gauss-Bonnet invariant. I will explain how our analysis, which is particularly suited for black holes in the LISA range, places limits on the prospects of detecting evidence of scalar hair in ringdown signals.
Primary author
Giovanni D'Addario
(University of Nottingham)
Co-authors
Andrew Spiers
(University of Nottingham)
Dr
Antonio Padilla
(University of Nottingham)
Dr
Paul Saffin
(University of Nottingham)
Thomas Sotiriou
(University of Nottingham)
