[[UTAPwiki/セミナー/初期宇宙・相対論速報]] *Title: On the excitation of black hole overtones [#w30f0384] **Speaker: Naritaka Oshita [#d91b20a5] Abstract: Understanding the nature of quasinormal ringing of black holes is important in the context of gravitational wave (GW) astronomy, gauge/gravity correspondence, and even quantum gravity. In this motivation, I will briefly review the essence of excitation factors of a ringing black hole. The excitation factor quantifies the “ease-of-excitation” of the quasinormal modes of the black hole, which may be an important ingredient to predict when the ringdown phase starts in GW signal emitted by a binary black hole merger. I will also explain the recent progress, including my preliminary result about the excitation factor of black hole overtones. |