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Exact Solutions of Regge-Wheeler Equation and Quasi-Normal Modes of Compact Objects

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-11-17 v5

Abstract

The well-known Regge-Wheeler equation describes the axial perturbations of Schwarzschild metric in the linear approximation. From a mathematical point of view it presents a particular case of the confluent Heun equation and can be solved exactly, due to recent mathematical developments. We present the basic properties of its general solution. A novel analytical approach and numerical techniques for study the boundary problems which correspond to quasi-normal modes of black holes and other simple models of compact objects are developed.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0509123,
  title  = {Exact Solutions of Regge-Wheeler Equation and Quasi-Normal Modes of Compact Objects},
  author = {P. P. Fiziev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0509123},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

latex file, 25 pages, 4 figures, new references, new results and new Appendix added, some comments and corrections in the text made. Accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2006, simplification of notations, changes in the norm in some formulas, corrections in references