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On the gravitational polarizability of black holes

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The gravitational polarizability properties of black holes are compared and contrasted with their electromagnetic polarizability properties. The "shape" or "height" multipolar Love numbers h_l of a black hole are defined and computed. They are then compared to their electromagnetic analogs h_l^{EM}. The Love numbers h_l give the height of the l-th multipolar "tidal bulge" raised on the horizon of a black hole by faraway masses. We also discuss the shape of the tidal bulge raised by a test mass m, in the limit where m gets very close to the horizon.

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gr-qc 4 hep-th 2

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2026 5 2025 1

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Horizon Multipole Moments of a Kerr Black Hole

gr-qc · 2026-02-05 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Horizon multipole moments of a Kerr black hole are computed in closed form from two definitions, yielding different values for l >= 1 at nonzero spin and sharing parity and small-spin scaling with field multipoles.

Resummation of Universal Tails in Gravitational Waveforms

hep-th · 2025-04-10 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

A universal anomalous dimension for multipole moments in GR is derived via two EFT methods and applied to resum short-distance logarithmic tails in binary gravitational waveforms.

Axial tidal Love numbers of black holes in matter environments

gr-qc · 2026-05-04 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Axial tidal Love numbers for black holes in anisotropic fluid environments are derived analytically and numerically, with non-compact support density profiles producing logarithmic terms that obstruct standard tidal matching due to the lack of a strictly vacuum exterior.

Tidal Response and Thermodynamics of Black Holes

hep-th · 2026-04-29 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

A new gauge-invariant effective action computes black hole Love numbers without Regge-Wheeler methods, and these numbers determine leading thermodynamic corrections under external perturbations.

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