2016ApJ...827L..31Z -
Astrophys. J., 827, L31-L31 (2016/August-3)
Mergers of charged black holes: gravitational-wave events, short gamma-ray bursts, and fast radio bursts.
ZHANG B.
Abstract (from CDS):
The discoveries of GW150914, GW151226, and LVT151012 suggest that double black hole (BH-BH) mergers are common in the universe. If at least one of the two merging black holes (BHs) carries a certain amount of charge, possibly retained by a rotating magnetosphere, the inspiral of a BH-BH system would drive a global magnetic dipole normal to the orbital plane. The rapidly evolving magnetic moment during the merging process would drive a Poynting flux with an increasing wind power. The magnetospheric activities during the final phase of the merger would make a fast radio burst (FRB) if the BH charge can be as large as a factor of 1∼({10}{–9}–{10}{-8}) of the critical charge Q_c of the BH. At large radii, dissipation of the Poynting flux energy in the outflow would power a short-duration high-energy transient, which would appear as a detectable short-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) if the charge can be as large as 1∼({10}{–5}–{10}{-4}). The putative short GRB coincident with GW150914 recorded by Fermi GBM may be interpreted with this model. Future joint GW/GRB/FRB searches would lead to a measurement or place a constraint on the charges carried by isolate BHs.
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Journal keyword(s):
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - stars: black holes - stars: black holes
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