We show that the existence of clouds of ultralight particles surrounding black holes during their cosmological history as members of a binary system can leave a measurable imprint on the distribution of masses and orbital eccentricities observable with future gravitational-wave detectors. Notably, we find that for nonprecessing binaries with chirp masses M less than or similar to 10M(circle star), M 0 , formed exclusively in isolation, larger-than- expected values of the eccentricity, i.e., e >= 10(-2) at gravitational-wave frequencies f (GW) similar or equal to 10(-2) Hz, would provide tantalizing evidence for a new particle of mass between [ 0.5, 2.5] ] x 10 (- 12) eV in nature. The predicted evolution of the eccentricity can also drastically affect the in-band phase evolution and peak frequency. These results constitute unique signatures of boson clouds of ultralight particles in the dynamics of binary black holes, which will be readily accessible with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, as well as future midband and decihertz detectors.
Signatures of Ultralight Bosons in the Orbital Eccentricity of Binary Black Holes / Boskovic, Mateja; Koschnitzke, Matthias; Porto, Rafael A.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 133:12(2024), pp. 1-8. [10.1103/physrevlett.133.121401]
Signatures of Ultralight Bosons in the Orbital Eccentricity of Binary Black Holes
Boskovic, Mateja;
2024-01-01
Abstract
We show that the existence of clouds of ultralight particles surrounding black holes during their cosmological history as members of a binary system can leave a measurable imprint on the distribution of masses and orbital eccentricities observable with future gravitational-wave detectors. Notably, we find that for nonprecessing binaries with chirp masses M less than or similar to 10M(circle star), M 0 , formed exclusively in isolation, larger-than- expected values of the eccentricity, i.e., e >= 10(-2) at gravitational-wave frequencies f (GW) similar or equal to 10(-2) Hz, would provide tantalizing evidence for a new particle of mass between [ 0.5, 2.5] ] x 10 (- 12) eV in nature. The predicted evolution of the eccentricity can also drastically affect the in-band phase evolution and peak frequency. These results constitute unique signatures of boson clouds of ultralight particles in the dynamics of binary black holes, which will be readily accessible with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, as well as future midband and decihertz detectors.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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