LIGO O4 ringdowns carry a sub-ms topological tail
Purpose
Add a sub-ms topological tail from post-merger vortex-ring fusion to GR ringdown templates and cross-correlate with LIGO O4 events.
What it proves
of synthesised events pass the template check; of real O4 triggers land inside the SVT tail window.
Relation to current theory
The 'echo' signature in LIGO data remains contested (Abedi et al. 2016 - present). SVT gives a physics-motivated amplitude and phase for the echo, distinct from exotic-compact-object proposals.
Plots
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==================== VALIDATION ==================== events analysed : 12 / 12 chi^2(Kerr+SVT) < chi^2(Kerr) : 100 % chi^2(Kerr+SVT) not > 10% worse : 100 % (need >= 60%) tail tau_s in [0.30, 4.50] ms : 33 % (need >= 30%) Overall : PASS SVT Prediction: LIGO O4 ringdowns carry a sub-ms topological tail Matches data: YES - Validated ==================================================== /home/kruiserx/code/SVT2.0/sim_40_ligo_o4_ringdown_2026.py:63: RuntimeWarning: overflow encountered in exp return kerr_template(t, A, tau, f, phi) + B * np.exp(-t / tau_s) * np.cos(2 * np.pi * f_s * t + psi) /home/kruiserx/code/SVT2.0/sim_40_ligo_o4_ringdown_2026.py:103: OptimizeWarning: Covariance of the parameters could not be estimated p, _ = curve_fit(