English

Sharp decay for Teukolsky equation in Kerr spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-07-06 v3 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

In this work, we derive the global sharp decay, as both a lower and an upper bounds, for the spin ±s\pm \mathfrak{s} components, which are solutions to the Teukolsky equation, in the black hole exterior and on the event horizon of a slowly rotating Kerr spacetime. These estimates are generalized to any subextreme Kerr background under an integrated local energy decay estimate. Our results apply to the scalar field (s=0)(\mathfrak{s}=0), the Maxwell field (s=1)(\mathfrak{s}=1) and the linearized gravity (s=2)(\mathfrak{s}=2) and confirm the Price's law decay that is conjectured to be sharp. Our analyses rely on a novel global conservation law for the Teukolsky equation, and this new approach can be applied to derive the precise asymptotics for solutions to semilinear wave equations.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2111.04489,
  title  = {Sharp decay for Teukolsky equation in Kerr spacetimes},
  author = {Siyuan Ma and Lin Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.04489},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

The published version

R2 v1 2026-06-24T07:30:32.767Z