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Phys. Rev. D 56, 1903–1907 (1997)

The black hole and the pea

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Neil J. Cornish
DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, United Kingdom

Norman E. Frankel
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia

Received 13 June 1996; revised 28 January 1997; published in the issue dated 15 August 1997

Like a fairy-tale princess, trajectories around black holes can be sensitive to small disturbances. We describe how a small disturbance can lead to erratic orbits and an increased production of gravitational waves.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.56.1903
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.56.1903
PACS:
97.60.Lf, 04.30.Db, 05.45.+b