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Teukolsky master equation and Painlev\'e transcendents: numerics and extremal limit

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-10-27 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We conduct an analysis of the quasi-normal modes for generic spin perturbations of the Kerr black hole using the isomonodromic method. The strategy consists of solving the Riemann-Hilbert map relating the accessory parameters of the differential equations involved to monodromy properties of the solutions, using the τ\tau-function for the Painlev\'e V transcendent. We show good accordance of the method with the literature for generic rotation parameter a<Ma<M. In the extremal limit, we determined the dependence of the modes with the black hole temperature and establish that the extremal values of the modes are obtainable from the Painlev\'e V and III transcendents.

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@article{arxiv.2105.08790,
  title  = {Teukolsky master equation and Painlev\'e transcendents: numerics and extremal limit},
  author = {Bruno Carneiro da Cunha and João Paulo Cavalcante},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.08790},
  year   = {2021}
}

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REVTeX 4.2, 17 pages, 7 figures; version 2 with added references and better control of the Stokes phenomenon in the numerical calculations. Results now agree within machine precision to the method of choice when they are both applicable