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Letter: The Radial Infall of a Highly Relativistic Point Particle into a Kerr Black Hole Along the Symmetry Axis

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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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Cardoso, V., Lemos, J.P.S. Letter: The Radial Infall of a Highly Relativistic Point Particle into a Kerr Black Hole Along the Symmetry Axis. General Relativity and Gravitation 35, 327–333 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022301412348

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