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The reduced (in the angular coordinate $\phi$) wave equation and Klein-Gordon equation are considered on a Kerr background and in the framework of $C^{0}$-semigroup theory. Each equation is shown to have a well-posed initial value…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Horst R. Beyer

Using a recursive solution of the Einstein equations, we consider the perturbative expansion of the metric corresponding to a Kerr black hole. Because the metric is a function of two parameters, Newton's constant G and the Kerr spin…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-20 Poul H. Damgaard , Hojin Lee , Kanghoon Lee , Tabasum Rahnuma

The explicit form of perturbation equation for the $\Psi_4$ Weyl scalar, containing the matter source terms, is derived for general type D spacetimes. It is described in detail the particular case of the Schwarzschild spacetime using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-19 Juan Carlos Degollado , Dario Nunez , Carlos Palenzuela

Gravitational wave signals from extreme mass ratio inspirals are a key target for space-based gravitational wave detectors. These systems are typically modeled as a distributionally-forced Teukolsky equation, where the smaller black hole is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-16 Manas Vishal , Scott E. Field , Katie Rink , Sigal Gottlieb , Gaurav Khanna

We investigate the Teukolsky equation in horizon-penetrating coordinates to study the behavior of perturbation waves crossing the outer horizon. For this purpose, we use the null ingoing/outgoing Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates. The first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-19 Fawzi Aly , Dejan Stojkovic

The advancement in gravitational wave detection has made it possible to study the nonlinear effects in black hole perturbations, the modeling of which requires the full knowledge of the linear order perturbation of the metric. For the most…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 Jianwei Mei

We solve the 2+1-dimensional Teukolsky equation numerically for the Weyl scalars $\psi_0$ and $\psi_4$ along a time-like geodesic approaching the Cauchy horizon of a rapidly rotating perturbed Kerr black hole. We find that both the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-10 Caroline Mallary , Gaurav Khanna , Lior M. Burko

This work deals with the influence of the gravitational field produced by a charged and rotating black hole (Kerr-Newman spacetime) on massive scalar fields. We obtain an exact solution of the Klein-Gordon equation in this spacetime, which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-24 V. B. Bezerra , H. S. Vieira , André A. Costa

Much of the success of gravitational-wave astronomy rests on perturbation theory. Historically, perturbative analysis of gravitational-wave sources has largely focused on post-Newtonian theory. However, strong-field perturbation theory is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-26 Adam Pound , Barry Wardell

In linear perturbation theory for Kerr black holes, there are two equivalent formalisms, namely the Teukolsky and the Sasaki-Nakamura (SN) formalism. Typically, one defaults to the Teukolsky formalism, especially when calculating extreme…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-13 Yucheng Yin , Rico K. L. Lo , Xian Chen

This is the third in a series of papers aimed at developing a practical time-domain method for self-force calculations in Kerr spacetime. The key elements of the method are (i) removal of a singular part of the perturbation field with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-13 Sam R. Dolan , Leor Barack

We show that in four or more spacetime dimensions, the Einstein equations for gravitational perturbations of maximally symmetric vacuum black holes can be reduced to a single 2nd-order wave equation in a two-dimensional static spacetime for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Hideo Kodama , Akihiro Ishibashi

Chandrasekhar separated the Dirac equation for spinning and massive particles in Kerr geometry into radial and angular parts. In the present review, we present solutions of the complete wave equation and discuss how the Dirac wave scatters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sandip K. Chakrabarti , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

Employing the Newman-Penrose formalism and following the classic Teukolsky-like approach, we linearise the field equations of quadratic gravity on the Kerr background and combine them with the linearised Ricci and Bianch identities. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-30 Simon Knoska , David Kofron , Robert Svarc

The accurate computation of quasinormal modes from rotating black holes beyond general relativity is crucial for testing fundamental physics with gravitational waves. In this study, we assess the accuracy of the eikonal and post-Kerr…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-06 Ciro De Simone , Sebastian H. Völkel , Kostas D. Kokkotas , Vittorio De Falco , Salvatore Capozziello

Gravitational waves from binary black hole mergers provide a glimpse of gravitational dynamics in its most extreme observable regime, potentially enabling precision tests of general relativity (GR) and of the Kerr description of black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-14 Ayush Roy , Lorenzo Küchler , Adam Pound , Rodrigo Panosso Macedo

General 2d dilaton theories, containing spherically symmetric gravity and hence the Schwarzschild black hole as a special case, are quantized by an exact path integral of their geometric (Cartan-) variables. Matter, represented by minimally…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 W. Kummer , H. Liebl , D. V. Vassilevich

Recently, Hawking radiation from a Schwarzschild-type black hole via gravitational anomaly at the horizon has been derived by Robinson and Wilczek. Their result shows that, in order to demand general coordinate covariance at the quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Qing-Quan Jiang , Shuang-Qing Wu , Xu Cai

In this second paper of our series started with \cite{Berens2024}, we investigate linearized gravitational perturbations of a rotating Kerr black hole in a non-asymptotically flat spacetime with (anti-)de Sitter boundary conditions. Here,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-10 Roman Berens , Trevor Gravely , Alexandru Lupsasca

We develop the canonical theory of gravitational collapse in 2+1 dimensions with a negative cosmological constant and obtain exact solutions of the Wheeler--DeWitt equation regularized on a lattice. We employ these solutions to derive the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Cenalo Vaz , Sashideep Gutti , Claus Kiefer , T. P. Singh