Time-resolved spectroscopy of S-stars around Sgr A* can probe oscillations of the fine-structure constant induced by superradiant axion clouds or dark-matter soliton cores, with future instruments potentially reaching the QCD axion parameter space.
Mass transfer and boson cloud depletion in a binary black hole system
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Ultralight boson is one of the potential candidates for dark matter. If exists, it can be generated by a rapidly rotating black hole via superradiance, extracting the energy and angular momentum of the black hole and forming a boson cloud. The boson cloud can be affected by the presence of a companion star, generating fruitful dynamical effects and producing characteristic gravitational wave signals. We study the dynamics of the boson cloud in a binary black hole system, in particular, we develop a framework to study the mass transfer between two black holes. It is found that bosons occupying the growing modes of the central black hole can jump to the decaying modes of the companion black hole, resulting in cloud depletion. This mechanism of cloud depletion is different from that induced by the resonant perturbation from the companion.
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Probing Fundamental Constant Oscillation in the Galactic Center with S-Star Spectroscopy
Time-resolved spectroscopy of S-stars around Sgr A* can probe oscillations of the fine-structure constant induced by superradiant axion clouds or dark-matter soliton cores, with future instruments potentially reaching the QCD axion parameter space.