what would happen to a gravity wave traveling through space and passing the region of a black hole?  In considering the part of the wave which intersects the hole, does the hole swallow that part of the wave like any physical object ? If so, does the wave energy add mass to the hole? Thanks.

On 8/27/2017 at 0:21 AM, hoola said:

what would happen to a gravity wave traveling through space and passing the region of a black hole?  In considering the part of the wave which intersects the hole, does the hole swallow that part of the wave like any physical object ? If so, does the wave energy add mass to the hole? Thanks.

Ya, it basically swallows it just like energy-mass or light.

The gravitational wave will also be Lenard by the black hole. 

On 27/08/2017 at 6:21 AM, hoola said:

If so, does the wave energy add mass to the hole?

It will. But it will be a tiny amount.