Scalar shortcut to beyond-Kerr ringdown tests and their complementarity with black-hole shadow observations
Author(s)
Pani, Paolo, Sanna, Andrea P.
Abstract
The quasinormal modes of black holes (BHs) in the large-angular-momentum limit can be computed within the eikonal approximation. This approximation is often extrapolated to low angular momentum to obtain a rough estimate of the dominant ringdown modes. Although approximate, this approach is particularly convenient in theories beyond general relativity with intricate dynamics, or for phenomenological metrics that lack an underlying fundamental theory. Here we explore a complementary approximate strategy: we compute exactly the quasinormal modes of a test scalar field propagating on the BH background and use their \emph{deviations} from the general-relativity predictions as a proxy for the corresponding corrections to the gravitational quasinormal modes. For Kerr-Newman and Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet BHs, we show that this method reproduces the exact corrections (including the coupling among different degrees of freedom) within tens of percent, an accuracy that is adequate as long as ringdown measurements remain at the percent level. Furthermore, this method is typically comparable to, or more accurate than, the eikonal approximation. We then apply the same strategy to phenomenological metrics commonly employed in tests of gravity using BH imaging. By computing scalar quasinormal modes in a large family of these metrics for the first time, we find that current ringdown constraints are comparable to, and in some cases more stringent than, those derived from BH shadow observations, while also providing complementary bounds on sectors that would otherwise be inaccessible.
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Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of Kerr--Newman QNMs from their Kerr counterparts as functions of $Q/M$. Both real and imaginary parts are shown. In all panels, the spin is fixed to $a/M = 0.5$. Solid and dashed lines correspond to gravitational and scalar results, respectively, while the dot-dashed black lines denote eikonal predictions. Shaded regions represent observationally motivated tolerance bands around the gravitational results, whose widths are given by the right-hand side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\,\%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of Kerr--Newman QNMs from their Kerr counterparts as functions of $Q/M$. Both real and imaginary parts are shown. In all panels, the spin is fixed to $a/M = 0.5$. Solid and dashed lines correspond to gravitational and scalar results, respectively, while the dot-dashed black lines denote eikonal predictions. Shaded regions represent observationally motivated tolerance bands around the gravitational results, whose widths are given by the right-hand side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\,\%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of Kerr--Newman QNMs from their Kerr counterparts as functions of $Q/M$. Both real and imaginary parts are shown. In all panels, the spin is fixed to $a/M = 0.5$. Solid and dashed lines correspond to gravitational and scalar results, respectively, while the dot-dashed black lines denote eikonal predictions. Shaded regions represent observationally motivated tolerance bands around the gravitational results, whose widths are given by the right-hand side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\,\%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of Kerr--Newman QNMs from their Kerr counterparts as functions of $Q/M$. Both real and imaginary parts are shown. In all panels, the spin is fixed to $a/M = 0.5$. Solid and dashed lines correspond to gravitational and scalar results, respectively, while the dot-dashed black lines denote eikonal predictions. Shaded regions represent observationally motivated tolerance bands around the gravitational results, whose widths are given by the right-hand side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\,\%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of Kerr--Newman QNMs from their Kerr counterparts as functions of $Q/M$. Both real and imaginary parts are shown. In all panels, the spin is fixed to $a/M = 0.5$. Solid and dashed lines correspond to gravitational and scalar results, respectively, while the dot-dashed black lines denote eikonal predictions. Shaded regions represent observationally motivated tolerance bands around the gravitational results, whose widths are given by the right-hand side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\,\%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of Kerr--Newman QNMs from their Kerr counterparts as functions of $Q/M$. Both real and imaginary parts are shown. In all panels, the spin is fixed to $a/M = 0.5$. Solid and dashed lines correspond to gravitational and scalar results, respectively, while the dot-dashed black lines denote eikonal predictions. Shaded regions represent observationally motivated tolerance bands around the gravitational results, whose widths are given by the right-hand side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\,\%$.Caption
Log--log plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the frequencies of the mode $(0, 2, 2)$ for rotating BHs in shift-symmetric EsGB gravity from their Kerr counterparts. Both real and imaginary parts are shown as functions of the dimensionless coupling constant $\xi$, for the representative values $a/M = 0, \, 0.2, \, 0.6$. Dashed, solid and dot-dashed lines correspond to test-scalar, axial and polar gravitational results, respectively.Caption
Log--log plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the frequencies of the mode $(0, 2, 2)$ for rotating BHs in shift-symmetric EsGB gravity from their Kerr counterparts. Both real and imaginary parts are shown as functions of the dimensionless coupling constant $\xi$, for the representative values $a/M = 0, \, 0.2, \, 0.6$. Dashed, solid and dot-dashed lines correspond to test-scalar, axial and polar gravitational results, respectively.Caption
Log--log plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the frequencies of the mode $(0, 2, 2)$ for rotating BHs in shift-symmetric EsGB gravity from their Kerr counterparts. Both real and imaginary parts are shown as functions of the dimensionless coupling constant $\xi$, for the representative values $a/M = 0, \, 0.2, \, 0.6$. Dashed, solid and dot-dashed lines correspond to test-scalar, axial and polar gravitational results, respectively.Caption
Log--log plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the frequencies of the mode $(0, 2, 2)$ for rotating BHs in shift-symmetric EsGB gravity from their Kerr counterparts. Both real and imaginary parts are shown as functions of the dimensionless coupling constant $\xi$, for the representative values $a/M = 0, \, 0.2, \, 0.6$. Dashed, solid and dot-dashed lines correspond to test-scalar, axial and polar gravitational results, respectively.Caption
Log--log plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the frequencies of the mode $(0, 2, 2)$ for rotating BHs in shift-symmetric EsGB gravity from their Kerr counterparts. Both real and imaginary parts are shown as functions of the dimensionless coupling constant $\xi$, for the representative values $a/M = 0, \, 0.2, \, 0.6$. Dashed, solid and dot-dashed lines correspond to test-scalar, axial and polar gravitational results, respectively.Caption
Log--log plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the frequencies of the mode $(0, 2, 2)$ for rotating BHs in shift-symmetric EsGB gravity from their Kerr counterparts. Both real and imaginary parts are shown as functions of the dimensionless coupling constant $\xi$, for the representative values $a/M = 0, \, 0.2, \, 0.6$. Dashed, solid and dot-dashed lines correspond to test-scalar, axial and polar gravitational results, respectively.Caption
Real (top) and imaginary (bottom) parts of the QNM frequencies for the Johannsen metric \eqref{eq:JohannsenMetric} with $A_2 = A_5 = 1$. Results are shown as functions of the dimensionless spin $a/M$ for several values of the deformation parameter $\alpha_{13}$. Solid and dashed curves correspond to positive and negative values of $\alpha_{13}$, respectively. The Kerr scalar QNMs (black solid line) are also shown for comparison, but are nearly indistinguishable from the curves with $|\alpha_{13}|\sim 10^{-2}$. The blue shaded regions denote the $\pm 4\,\%$ and $\pm 10\,\%$ bands around the Kerr results for the real and imaginary parts, respectively.Caption
Real (top) and imaginary (bottom) parts of the QNM frequencies for the Johannsen metric \eqref{eq:JohannsenMetric} with $A_2 = A_5 = 1$. Results are shown as functions of the dimensionless spin $a/M$ for several values of the deformation parameter $\alpha_{13}$. Solid and dashed curves correspond to positive and negative values of $\alpha_{13}$, respectively. The Kerr scalar QNMs (black solid line) are also shown for comparison, but are nearly indistinguishable from the curves with $|\alpha_{13}|\sim 10^{-2}$. The blue shaded regions denote the $\pm 4\,\%$ and $\pm 10\,\%$ bands around the Kerr results for the real and imaginary parts, respectively.Caption
Real (top) and imaginary (bottom) parts of the QNM frequencies for the Johannsen metric \eqref{eq:JohannsenMetric} with $A_1 = A_5 = 1$. Results are shown as functions of the dimensionless spin $a/M$ for several values of the deformation parameter $\alpha_{22}$. Solid and dashed curves correspond to positive and negative values of $\alpha_{22}$, respectively. The Kerr scalar QNMs (black solid line) are also displayed, but are nearly indistinguishable from the curves with $|\alpha_{22}|\sim 10^{-2}$. The blue shaded regions denote the $\pm 4\,\%$ and $\pm 10\,\%$ bands around the Kerr results for the real and imaginary parts, respectively.Caption
Real (top) and imaginary (bottom) parts of the QNM frequencies for the Johannsen metric \eqref{eq:JohannsenMetric} with $A_1 = A_5 = 1$. Results are shown as functions of the dimensionless spin $a/M$ for several values of the deformation parameter $\alpha_{22}$. Solid and dashed curves correspond to positive and negative values of $\alpha_{22}$, respectively. The Kerr scalar QNMs (black solid line) are also displayed, but are nearly indistinguishable from the curves with $|\alpha_{22}|\sim 10^{-2}$. The blue shaded regions denote the $\pm 4\,\%$ and $\pm 10\,\%$ bands around the Kerr results for the real and imaginary parts, respectively.Caption
Real (top) and imaginary (bottom) parts of the QNM frequencies for the Johannsen metric \eqref{eq:JohannsenMetric} with $A_1 = A_2 = 1$. The frequencies are shown as functions of the dimensionless spin $a/M$ for several values of the deformation parameter $\alpha_{52}$. The scalar QNMs of the Kerr spacetime (black solid line) are included for comparison. The real parts of the modified frequencies are nearly indistinguishable from the Kerr ones. For the imaginary parts, the Kerr curve and the case with $\alpha_{52}\sim 10^{-2}$ are almost overlapping. The blue shaded regions denote the $\pm 4\,\%$ and $\pm 10\,\%$ bands around the Kerr results for the real and imaginary parts, respectively.Caption
Real (top) and imaginary (bottom) parts of the QNM frequencies for the Johannsen metric \eqref{eq:JohannsenMetric} with $A_1 = A_2 = 1$. The frequencies are shown as functions of the dimensionless spin $a/M$ for several values of the deformation parameter $\alpha_{52}$. The scalar QNMs of the Kerr spacetime (black solid line) are included for comparison. The real parts of the modified frequencies are nearly indistinguishable from the Kerr ones. For the imaginary parts, the Kerr curve and the case with $\alpha_{52}\sim 10^{-2}$ are almost overlapping. The blue shaded regions denote the $\pm 4\,\%$ and $\pm 10\,\%$ bands around the Kerr results for the real and imaginary parts, respectively.Caption
Top panel: light-ring radius as a function of $a/M$ for different values of $\alpha_{13}$, with $\alpha_{22} = 0$. The black line corresponds to $\alpha_{13} = 0$ (Kerr), while the blue and orange curves correspond to $\alpha_{13} = 1$ and $-1$, respectively. Bottom panel: same as the top panel, but with $\alpha_{13} = 0$ and varying $\alpha_{22}$. The color code is the same.Caption
Top panel: light-ring radius as a function of $a/M$ for different values of $\alpha_{13}$, with $\alpha_{22} = 0$. The black line corresponds to $\alpha_{13} = 0$ (Kerr), while the blue and orange curves correspond to $\alpha_{13} = 1$ and $-1$, respectively. Bottom panel: same as the top panel, but with $\alpha_{13} = 0$ and varying $\alpha_{22}$. The color code is the same.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0.2$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0.2$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0.2$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0.2$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0.2$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.Caption
Plots of the absolute values of the relative deviations of the considered Kerr-Newman QNMs from Kerr results, shown as functions of $Q/M$. Results of both real and imaginary parts are shown. For all figures, we fixed $a/M = 0.2$. Solid and dashed lines refer to gravitational and scalar results, while the dot-dashed black line to eikonal ones. Shaded regions indicate bands around the gravitational results for the real and imaginary parts; their widths are given by the right-hand-side of \cref{eq:BandWidth} with $X = 4\, \%$.References
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