Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2005-12-29
Phys.Rev.D73:064030,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
44 pages, 21 figures, 10 tables. Minor changes to match version in press in Phys. Rev. D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.73.064030
Newly formed black holes are expected to emit characteristic radiation in the form of quasi-normal modes, called ringdown waves, with discrete frequencies. LISA should be able to detect the ringdown waves emitted by oscillating supermassive black holes throughout the observable Universe. We develop a multi-mode formalism, applicable to any interferometric detectors, for detecting ringdown signals, for estimating black hole parameters from those signals, and for testing the no-hair theorem of general relativity. Focusing on LISA, we use current models of its sensitivity to compute the expected signal-to-noise ratio for ringdown events, the relative parameter estimation accuracy, and the resolvability of different modes. We also discuss the extent to which uncertainties on physical parameters, such as the black hole spin and the energy emitted in each mode, will affect our ability to do black hole spectroscopy.
Berti Emanuele
Cardoso Vitor
Will Clifford M.
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