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Electromagnetic partner of the gravitational signal during accretion onto black holes

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We investigate the generation of electromagnetic and gravitational radiation in the vicinity of a perturbed Schwarzschild black hole. The gravitational perturbations and the electromagnetic field are studied by solving the Teukolsky master equation with sources, which we take to be locally charged, radially infalling, matter. Our results show that, in addition to the gravitational wave generated as the matter falls into the black hole, there is also a burst of electromagnetic radiation. This electromagnetic field has a characteristic set of quasinormal frequencies, and the gravitational radiation has the quasinormal frequencies of a Schwarzschild black hole. This scenario allows us to compare the gravitational and electromagnetic signals that are generated by a common source.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge Jai Grover, Carlos Herdeiro and Carlos Palenzuela for a careful reading and useful comments to improve the manuscript. This work was supported in part by DGAPA-UNAM Grants IN115311 and IN103514 and PROSNI. JCD acknowledges support from FCT via Project No. PTDC/FIS/116625/2010. This work was also supported by the NRHEP 295189 FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES grant. CM acknowledges support from FOMIX-UDG Project No. 2010-10-149481.

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  1. Departamento de Física, Universidade de Aveiro and I3N, Campus de Santiago, 3810-183, Aveiro, Portugal

    Juan Carlos Degollado

  2. Departamento de Ciencias Computacionales, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingeniería, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Revolución 1500, Colonia Olímpica, C.P. 44430, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    Juan Carlos Degollado

  3. Centro Universitario de los Valles, Universidad de Guadalajara, Carretera Guadalajara-Ameca, Km. 45.5, C.P. 46600, Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico

    Victor Gualajara

  4. Departamento de Matemáticas, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingeniería, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Revolución 1500, Colonia Olímpica, C.P. 44430, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    Claudia Moreno

  5. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior C.U., A.P. 70-543, 04510, Mexico, D.F., Mexico

    Darío Núñez

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Degollado, J.C., Gualajara, V., Moreno, C. et al. Electromagnetic partner of the gravitational signal during accretion onto black holes. Gen Relativ Gravit 46, 1819 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-014-1819-7

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