12 papers
Revisiting environmental effects on black hole quasibound-state spectra with relativistic perturbation theory
Yin-Da Guo, Qi-Xuan Xu, Richard Brito +1
We present a relativistic framework for computing corrections to the eigenfrequency spectrum of a massive scalar field in perturbed black-hole spacetimes, including first-order shi…
Extreme mass-ratio inspirals into Newtonian Proca stars
João Bernardo Silva, Richard Brito
Massive bosonic fields can form self-gravitating solitonic structures, which for vector fields are known as Proca stars. For ultralight fields, these structures can describe the co…
Resonances as signatures of scalar clouds in eccentric extreme-mass-ratio inspirals
Qi-Xuan Xu, Richard Brito, Riccardo Della Monica +2
Ultralight scalars arise naturally in many extensions to the Standard Model and are compelling dark matter candidates. Around spinning black holes, dense scalar clouds could form t…
Relativistic effects in extreme-mass-ratio inspirals within scalar clouds: Eccentric and inclined orbits
Qi-Xuan Xu, Richard Brito, Riccardo Della Monica +2
We study extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) evolving in a scalar cloud environment that may form through superradiant instabilities, using a fully relativistic perturbative frame…
Overdamped quasibound states inside a Schwarzschild black hole
Jeff Steinhauer, Kyriakos Destounis, Richard Brito
Schwarzschild black-hole interiors, bounded by event horizons and terminated by spacelike singularities, are regions where all physical observers are inevitably destroyed. In the g…
Excitation of scalar quasi-normal modes from boson clouds
Enrico Cannizzaro, Marco Palleschi, Laura Sberna +2
Massive scalar fields on black hole backgrounds generally admit two families of modes: quasi-bound states (QBS) and quasinormal modes (QNM). We demonstrate the orthogonality betwee…