The high-energy collision of black holes in higher dimensions

Abstract

We compute the gravitational wave energy $E_{\mathrm{rad}}$ radiated in head-on collisions of equal-mass, nonspinning black holes in up to $D=8$ dimensional asymptotically flat spacetimes for boost velocities $v$ up to about $90\%$ of the speed of light. We identify two main regimes: Weak radiation at velocities up to about $40\%$ of the speed of light, and exponential growth of $E_{\mathrm{rad}}$ with $v$ at larger velocities. Extrapolation to the speed of light predicts a limit of $12.9\%$ $(10.1,7.7,5.5,4.5)\%$. of the total mass that is lost in gravitational waves in $D=4$ $(5,6,7,8)$ spacetime dimensions. In agreement with perturbative calculations, we observe that the radiation is minimal for small but finite velocities, rather than for collisions starting from rest. Our computations support the identification of regimes with super Planckian curvature outside the black-hole horizons reported by Okawa, Nakao, and Shibata [Phys.~Rev.~D {\bf 83} 121501(R) (2011)].

arXiv commentminor corrections to references; 10 pages, 5 figures, in print in Physical Review D

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