Love Numbers of Acoustic Black Holes

Published:Dec 29, 2025 08:48
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Analysis

This paper investigates the tidal response of acoustic black holes (ABHs) by calculating their Love numbers for scalar and Dirac perturbations. The study focuses on static ABHs in both (3+1) and (2+1) dimensions, revealing distinct behaviors for bosonic and fermionic fields. The results are significant for understanding tidal responses in analogue gravity systems and highlight differences between integer and half-integer spin fields.

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The paper finds that in (3+1) dimensions the scalar Love number is generically nonzero, while the Fermionic Love numbers follow a universal power-law. In (2+1) dimensions, the scalar field exhibits a logarithmic structure, and the Fermionic Love number retains a simple power-law form.