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Black hole ringdown: the importance of overtones

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It is possible to infer the mass and spin of the remnant black hole from binary black hole mergers by comparing the ringdown gravitational wave signal to results from studies of perturbed Kerr spacetimes. Typically these studies are based on the fundamental quasinormal mode of the dominant $\ell=m=2$ harmonic. By modeling the ringdown of accurate numerical relativity simulations, we find that the fundamental mode alone is insufficient to recover the true underlying mass and spin, unless the analysis is started very late in the ringdown. Including higher overtones associated with this $\ell=m=2$ harmonic resolves this issue, and provides an unbiased estimate of the true remnant parameters. Further, including overtones allows for the modeling of the ringdown signal for all times beyond the peak strain amplitude, indicating that the linear quasinormal regime starts much sooner than previously expected. A model for the ringdown beginning at the peak strain amplitude can exploit the higher signal-to-noise ratio in detectors, reducing uncertainties in the extracted remnant quantities. Tests of the no-hair theorem should consider incorporating overtones in the analysis.

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Polarization Analysis of Ringdown Signals

gr-qc · 2026-05-14 · conditional · novelty 6.0

Constrained polarization model for Kerr ringdown modes enables inclination inference from two-detector data for non-precessing mergers but introduces biases when applied to precessing systems.

Probing higher curvature gravity via ringdown with overtones

gr-qc · 2025-12-27 · conditional · novelty 6.0

Higher-curvature terms deform the near-horizon potential of spherically symmetric black holes, producing progressively larger shifts in overtone quasinormal frequencies that remain detectable in ringdown waveforms when the fundamental mode stays close to its GR value.

Testing the no-hair theorem with GW150914

gr-qc · 2019-05-02 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Ringdown analysis of GW150914 with overtones measures remnant mass and spin consistent with a Kerr black hole, supporting the no-hair theorem at the 10% level.

Impact of sky localization uncertainty on ringdown inference

gr-qc · 2026-05-18 · conditional · novelty 5.0

Properly accounting for sky localization uncertainty in ringdown inference widens mode-amplitude posteriors, avoids bias from fixed point estimates, and leaves amplitude ratios robust for Kerr spectroscopy.

Quasinormal modes of a rotating loop quantum black hole

gr-qc · 2026-05-18 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Quasinormal modes of a massless scalar field on a rotating loop quantum black hole background exhibit reduced real frequencies and damping rates with increasing quantum corrections, with rotation introducing crossovers, outbursts in overtones, and spectral inversions.

Ringdown Analysis of GW250114 with Orthonormal Modes

gr-qc · 2026-05-05 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Orthonormal QNM analysis of GW250114 raises the significance of the first overtone of the ℓ=m=2 mode from 82.5% to 99.9% and detects no significant deviation from Kerr predictions.

Prompt Response from Plunging Sources in Schwarzschild Spacetime

gr-qc · 2026-04-09 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

The prompt response is ~1.2 times stronger than quasinormal mode excitation during inspiral and enables 99% accurate reconstruction of the full inspiral-merger-ringdown waveform when combined with other components.

Echoes of a hairy black hole from gravitational decoupling

gr-qc · 2026-04-02 · conditional · novelty 5.0

Axial perturbations of a gravitationally decoupled hairy black hole develop a double-peak potential that dynamically generates echo-like late-time waveforms in a suitable (α, β) region.

Tests of General Relativity with GWTC-3

gr-qc · 2021-12-13 · accept · novelty 3.0

No evidence for physics beyond general relativity is found in the analysis of 15 GW events from GWTC-3, with consistency in residuals, PN parameters, and remnant properties.

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