Abstract

Gravitational wave (GW) ringdown waveforms may contain “echoes” that encode new physics in the strong gravity regime. It is commonly assumed that the new physics gives rise to the GW echoes whose intervals are constant. We point out that this assumption is not always applicable. In particular, if the post-merger object is initially a wormhole, which slowly pinches off and eventually collapses into a black hole, the late-time ringdown waveform exhibit a series of echoes whose intervals are increasing with time. We also assess how this affects the ability of Advanced LIGO/Virgo to detect these new signals.

Details

Title
Are gravitational wave ringdown echoes always equal-interval?
Author
Yu-Tong, Wang 1 ; Zhi-Peng, Li 1 ; Zhang, Jun 2 ; Shuang-Yong Zhou 3 ; Yun-Song, Piao 4 

 School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 
 Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada 
 Interdisciplinary Center for Theoretical Study, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China 
 School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 
Pages
1-5
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Jun 2018
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
14346044
e-ISSN
14346052
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2053216704
Copyright
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