Black hole binaries and light fields: Gravitational molecules

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Black hole binaries and light fields : Gravitational molecules. / Ikeda, Taishi; Bernard, Laura; Cardoso, Vitor; Zilhao, Miguel.

In: Physical Review D, Vol. 103, No. 2, 024020, 12.01.2021.

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Ikeda, T, Bernard, L, Cardoso, V & Zilhao, M 2021, 'Black hole binaries and light fields: Gravitational molecules', Physical Review D, vol. 103, no. 2, 024020. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.024020

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Ikeda, T., Bernard, L., Cardoso, V., & Zilhao, M. (2021). Black hole binaries and light fields: Gravitational molecules. Physical Review D, 103(2), [024020]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.024020

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Ikeda T, Bernard L, Cardoso V, Zilhao M. Black hole binaries and light fields: Gravitational molecules. Physical Review D. 2021 Jan 12;103(2). 024020. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.024020

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Ikeda, Taishi ; Bernard, Laura ; Cardoso, Vitor ; Zilhao, Miguel. / Black hole binaries and light fields : Gravitational molecules. In: Physical Review D. 2021 ; Vol. 103, No. 2.

Bibtex

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abstract = "We show that light scalars can form quasibound states around binaries. In the nonrelativistic regime, these states are formally described by the quantum-mechanical Schrodinger equation for a one-electron heteronuclear diatomic molecule. We performed extensive numerical simulations of scalar fields around black hole binaries, showing that a scalar structure condenses around the binary-we dub these states {"}gravitational molecules.{"} We further show that these are well described by the perturbative, nonrelativistic description.",
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