17–19 Feb 2025
Sapienza University of Rome
Europe/Rome timezone

Source Multipoles and Energy-Momentum Tensors for Spinning Black Holes and Other Compact Objects

18 Feb 2025, 17:25
45m
Physics Department - Aula Amaldi (Marconi Building) (Sapienza University of Rome)

Physics Department - Aula Amaldi (Marconi Building)

Sapienza University of Rome

Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 · 06 49911 Rome (Italy)

Speaker

Claudio Gambino (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Description

Inspired by the scattering amplitude program applied to General Relativity, we define the most general energy-momentum tensor constructed from mass and spin in momentum space and arbitrary dimensions. Through this approach, we establish a one-to-one correspondence between the form factors that characterize the source and the gravitational multipole moments of the induced spacetime, providing a precise definition of source multipoles in a relativistic context and identifying a new class of multipoles, which we call “stress multipoles”. We then apply this formalism to determine the source of rotating black holes and subsequently use it to construct horizonless Kerr mimickers.

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