2 papers
gr-qc2026
The Depletion of Collisionless Dark Matter Spikes
Charlie Sharpe, Yonadav Barry Ginat, Thomas F. M. Spieksma +1
Dense concentrations of dark matter (DM) surrounding black holes provide a compelling opportunity to probe the nature of DM. In the classic Gondolo-Silk model, the adiabatic growth…
gr-qc2025
Resonant Locking Between Binary Systems Induced by Gravitational Waves
Charlie Sharpe, Yonadav Barry Ginat, Zeyuan Xuan +1
The interaction of gravitational waves (GWs) with matter is thought to be typically negligible in the Universe. We identify an exception in the case of resonant interactions, where…