A Carillon of Black Holes
Daniel George, Duncan Meacher, Mark Ballora, Chad Hanna

TL;DR
This paper proposes a novel method to create musical instruments based on gravitational wave patterns emitted by vibrating black holes, translating astrophysical data into musical sounds using theoretical calculations.
Contribution
It introduces a new approach to map black hole gravitational wave patterns to musical notes, creating digital black hole instruments for musical exploration.
Findings
Developed a theoretical framework for black hole vibrations
Mapped gravitational wave patterns to piano keys
Made software and samples publicly available
Abstract
Scientists collaborating internationally have developed a new way to learn about our universe through gravitational waves, which are ripples in space-time caused by the motion and vibration of celestial bodies. By analogy, gravitational waves are akin to the vibrations carried through the air as sound. Quite remarkably, black holes, which are the densest objects in the universe formed from dead stars can vibrate and emit gravitational waves at frequencies that are within the range of human hearing once the gravitational waves are detected and amplified by instruments such as the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors. In this work, we explore how to make musical instruments based on gravitational waves by mapping a different gravitational wave pattern to each of the 88 keys of a piano, much like a carillon, which has its bells mapped to the batons of a carillon-keyboard. We rely on…
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Taxonomy
TopicsPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research · Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies · Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
