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Black hole mergers as the fastest photon ring scramblers

2026/03/09 by D. Giataganas, Dimitrios Giataganas, G. F. Giudice +7
Decision Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research #Beam splitter #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Black hole (networking) #Photon #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Ring (chemistry) #Two-photon excitation microscopy

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/q8j1-w2nr

published in Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 114(2) (American Physical Society)

openalex publication_date 2026/07/09 · openalex created_date 2026/07/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Black holes are the most efficient scramblers in nature. By mapping the instantaneous mass and angular momentum of two spinless black holes in a quasi-circular binary onto those of an effective Kerr black hole, we demonstrate that the final state of the merger remnant corresponds with remarkable accuracy to the configuration that renders null geodesics unstable at the highest possible rate. This suggests a deep connection between the properties of black holes resulting from binary mergers and their unstable null orbits.

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