Published January 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Black holes in a bathtub

  • 1. McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 (United States)

Description

Many properties of black holes can be studied using acoustic analogues in the laboratory through the propagation of sound waves. We investigate in detail sound wave propagation in a rotating acoustic (2 + 1)-dimensional black hole, which corresponds to the 'draining bathtub' fluid flow. We report results on i) quasinormal modes, ii) power-law tails, iii) superradiant amplification coefficients, iv) frequencies and growth times for the superradiant 'black hole bomb' instability first studied by Press and Teukolsky

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/8/101/jpconf5_8_013.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online) (ISSN 1742-6596) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 101-105
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
11. conference on recent developments in gravity
Dates
2-5 Jun 2004
Place
Lesbos (Greece)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36108187
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; FLUID FLOW; INSTABILITY; SOUND WAVES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION