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gr-qc2026

Analogue black hole lightring and its resonances in an optical fiber

R. Terrier, J. Fatome, B. Kibler +1

We demonstrate the complete observation of a black-hole lightring resonance in an optical analogue. To do so, we generalize the concept of the photon sphere to non-stationnary syst…

gr-qc2026

Dynamical system approach to the spectral (in)stability of black holes under localised potential perturbations

T. Torres, S. R. Dolan

The aim of this work is to improve understanding of the resonant spectra of black holes under perturbations arising from e.g. compact objects or accretion disks in their vicinity.…

gr-qc2024

A primer on the analogue black hole bomb with capillary-gravity waves

Sam Patrick, Theo Torres

Draining vortices with a free surface are frequently employed as rotating black hole simulators, both in theory and experiments. However, most theoretical work is restricted to the…

gr-qc2023★ 26 cited

From black hole spectral instability to stable observables

Theo Torres

The quasi-normal mode (QNM) spectrum of black holes is unstable under small perturbation of the potential and has observational consequences in time signals. Such signals might be…

gr-qc2022★ 2 cited

Black hole information recovery from gravitational waves

Louis Hamaide, Theo Torres

We study the classical and quantum black hole information in gravitational waves from a black hole's history. We review the necessary concepts regarding quantum information in many…

gr-qc2022★ 11 cited

Imperfect draining vortex as analogue extreme compact object

Theo Torres, Sam Patrick, Ruth Gregory

Motivated by recent experimental progress, we study scalar wave propagation over an imperfect draining vortex, which can serve as an analogue for rotating and non-rotating extreme…

gr-qc2021★ 1 cited

Hydrodynamic simulations of rotating black holes

Theo Torres

Wave scattering phenomena are ubiquitous in almost all Sciences, from Biology to Physics. Interestingly, it has been shown many times that different physical systems are the stage…

gr-qc2020★ 10 cited

Electromagnetic self-force on a charged particle on Kerr spacetime: equatorial circular orbits

T. Torres, S. R. Dolan

We calculate the self-force acting on a charged particle on a circular geodesic orbit in the equatorial plane of a rotating black hole. We show by direct calculation that the dissi…

gr-qc2020★ 8 cited

Estimate of the superradiance spectrum in dispersive media

Theo Torres

In 2016, the Nottingham group detected the rotational superradiance effect. While this experiment demonstrated the robustness of the superradiance process, it still lacks a complet…

gr-qc2019★ 33 cited

Analogue Black Hole Spectroscopy; or, how to listen to dumb holes

Theo Torres, Sam Patrick, Maurício Richartz +1

Spectroscopy is a fundamental tool in science which consists in studying the response of a system as a function of frequency. Among its many applications in Physics, Biology, Chemi…

gr-qc2018★ 91 cited

Quasinormal mode oscillations in an analogue black hole experiment

Theo Torres, Sam Patrick, Maurício Richartz +1

The late stages of the relaxation process of a black hole are expected to depend only on its mass and angular momentum and not on the details of its formation process. Inspired by…

gr-qc2018★ 11 cited

Mimicking inflation with 2-fluid systems in a strong gradient magnetic field

Zack Fifer, Theo Torres, Sebastian Erne +3

In the standard cosmological picture the Universe underwent a brief period of near-exponential expansion, known as Inflation. This provides an explanation for structure formation t…

gr-qc2017★ 27 cited

Waves on a vortex: rays, rings and resonances

Theo Torres, Antonin Coutant, Sam Dolan +1

We study the scattering of surface water waves with irrotational draining vortices. At small depth, this system is a mathematical analogue of a rotating black hole and can be used…

gr-qc2016★ 256 cited

Observation of superradiance in a vortex flow

Theo Torres, Sam Patrick, Antonin Coutant +3

Wave scattering phenomena are ubiquitous to almost all Sciences, from Biology to Physics. When an incident wave scatters off of an obstacle, it is partially reflected and partially…