Kerr Black Hole Ringdown in Effective Field Theory

Abstract

We develop a systematic effective field theory calculation of the quasinormal modes of Kerr black holes valid for arbitrary spin, providing model-independent corrections to their ringdown spectrum directly relevant for gravitational-wave observations. Close to extremality, the effective field theory corrections in the grand-canonical ensemble exhibit an oscillatory dependence on $\log \ddot{I}{„}_H$, with $\ddot{I}{„}_H\equiv T_H/\hat{I}{\text{c◯}}_H$ a dimensionless measure of the black hole temperature. This behaviour signals an underlying discrete-scale-invariant structure.

18 pages, 6 figures