Relativistic frequency shifts in gravitational waves from axion clouds
Superradiant instability of ultralight bosons can produce clouds around rotating black holes, whose continuous gravitational wave (GW) emission is a promising observational target. Precise predictions of the signal frequency and its evolution are essential for detecting such continuous GWs. For axions, self-interactions can populate multiple superradiant modes via nonlinear couplings, and GW emission can occur through various channels. To calculate the frequency shifts of GWs emitted through these channels, we employ relativistic perturbation theory based on a bilinear form. We apply this framework to self-interaction effects for the first time, and also revisit the treatment of the self-gravity contribution. Our results provide a simple and unified framework for calculating frequency shifts, including cases in which multiple modes are excited, and are relevant for next-generation GW observations.
展开 ▾轴子云引力波中的相对论频移 · 本文用双线性形式的相对论微扰论,统一计算了轴子云超辐射多模式激发下引力波发射通道的频移,首次应用于自相互作用并修正了自引力贡献,为下一代引力波观测提供预测框架。
预印本 2026-04-23 · 刊出 2026-08-04 · 收录 2026-08-20