11 papers
Spherically Symmetric Fluid Simulations of Black Hole Accretion in Self-Interacting Dark Matter Halos
Zhe Meng, Tan Chen, Bocheng Zhu +4
We investigate black hole accretion in self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) halos using a self-gravitating fluid model with thermal conduction. We develop a robust one-dimensional s…
Gravitational superfluorescence from superradiant axion clouds
Zhen-Hong Lyu, Rong-Gen Cai, Jing Liu
Boson clouds formed via superradiance around spinning black holes offer a novel probe of ultralight particles. We show that such gravitational atoms can undergo a self-stimulated a…
Generic effective sources for first-order in mass-ratio gravitational self-force calculations in Schwarzschild spacetime
Chao Zhang, Rong-gen Cai, Guoyang Fu +3
The numerical calculation of gravitational self-force in extreme mass ratio inspiral systems is fundamentally challenging due to the singular nature of point-particle sources. To o…
Periodic Gravitational Lensing with Oscillating Boson Stars
Xing-Yu Yang, Tan Chen, Rong-Gen Cai
We show that oscillating (real-scalar) boson stars generically host an \emph{oscillating radial caustic}. Sources near this caustic cross it every half period, thereby producing pe…
Ring formation from black hole superradiance through repeated particle production on bound orbits
Zhen-Hong Lyu, Rong-Gen Cai, Zong-Kuan Guo +2
Ultralight bosonic fields around a rotating black hole can extract energy and angular momentum through the superradiant instability and form a dense cloud. We investigate the scena…
Gravitational wave cosmology
Ligong Bian, Rong-Gen Cai, Yu-Qi Dong +18
Gravitational waves (GWs) originating from cosmological sources offer direct insights into the physics of the primordial Universe, the fundamental nature of gravity, and the cosmic…