Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2002-02-06
Phys.Lett. B538 (2002) 1-5
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
10 pages, 3 figures, published version
Scientific paper
We compute spectra, waveforms, angular distribution and total gravitational energy of the gravitiational radiation emitted during the radial infall of a massless particle into a Schwarzschild black hole. Our fully relativistic approach shows that (i) less than 50% of the total energy radiated to infinity is carried by quadrupole waves, (ii) the spectra is flat, and (iii) the zero frequency limit agrees extremely well with a prediction by Smarr. This process may be looked at as the limiting case of collisions between massive particles traveling at nearly the speed of light, by identifying the energy $E$ of the massless particle with $m_0 \gamma$, $m_0$ being the mass of the test particle and $\gamma$ the Lorentz boost parameter. We comment on the implications for the two black hole collision at nearly the speed of light process, where we obtain a 13.3% wave generation efficiency, and compare our results with previous results by D'Eath and Payne.
Cardoso Vitor
Lemos José P. S.
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