Speaker
Shahar Hadar
(DAMTP, University of Cambridge)
Description
Massive objects orbiting a near-extreme Kerr black hole
plunge into the horizon after passing the innermost stable
circular orbit, producing an observable signal of
gravitational radiation. The near horizon dynamics of such
rapidly rotating black holes is governed by a conformal
symmetry. In the talk I will show how this symmetry can be
exploited to analytically compute the outgoing gravity wave
signal for a variety of orbits. I will also discuss the
holographic interpretation of the process.
