The radial infall of a highly relativistic point particle into a Kerr black hole along the symmetry axis

被引:13
作者
Cardoso, V [1 ]
Lemos, JPS [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tecn Lisboa, Dept Fis, CENTRA, Inst Super Tecn, P-1096 Lisbon, Portugal
关键词
Kerr black hole; geodesics;
D O I
10.1023/A:1022301412348
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In this Letter we consider the radial infall along the symmetry axis of an ultra-relativistic point particle into a rotating Kerr black hole. We use the Sasaki-Nakamura formalism to compute the waveform, energy spectra and total energy radiated during this process. We discuss possible connections between these results and the black hole-black hole collision at the speed of light process.
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