Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We report the first accurate computation of the leading-order shifts in the quasinormal-mode frequencies of rapidly rotating black holes surrounded by massive scalar fields with nonminimal curvature coupling. For fields with reduced Compton wavelengths no shorter than the black-hole mass scale, the numerical errors in the frequency shifts are typically $10^{-8} - 10^{-5}$ for dimensionless spins between 0 and 0.9, and at most $\mathcal{O}(10^{-3})$ next to the scalar-mass threshold. Our results open up the possibility of searching for ultralight scalar particles, prime dark-matter candidates, using existing gravitational-wave signals.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Lui, Leif, Chung, Adrian Ka-Wai
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7221824892