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This paper concludes the series begun in [M. Dafermos and I. Rodnianski, Decay for solutions of the wave equation on Kerr exterior spacetimes I-II: the cases |a| << M or axisymmetry, arXiv:1010.5132], providing the complete proof of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-30 Mihalis Dafermos , Igor Rodnianski , Yakov Shlapentokh-Rothman

It is shown that the Kerr solution exists in the generalized hybrid metric-Palatini gravity theory and that for certain choices of the function $f(R,\mathcal R)$ that characterizes the theory, the Kerr solution can be stable against…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-03 João Luís Rosa , José P. S. Lemos , Francisco S. N. Lobo

We prove that there are no exponentially growing modes nor modes on the real axis for the Teukolsky equation on Kerr black hole spacetimes, both in the extremal and subextremal case. We also give a quantitative refinement of mode stability.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-31 Rita Teixeira da Costa

In this paper we consider the possible existence of unstable axisymmetric modes in Kerr space times, resulting from exponentially growing solutions of the Teukolsky equation. We describe a transformation that casts the radial equation that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-12-18 Gustavo Dotti , Reinaldo J. Gleiser , Ignacio Francisco Ranea-Sandoval , Héctor Vucetich

We study static spherically symmetric black hole solutions with a linearly time-dependent scalar field and discuss their linear stability in the shift- and reflection-symmetric subclass of quadratic degenerate higher-order scalar-tensor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-24 Kazufumi Takahashi , Hayato Motohashi , Masato Minamitsuji

We study the linear stability problem to gravitational and electromagnetic perturbations of the extremal, $ |\mathcal{Q}|=M, $ Reissner-Nordstr\"om spacetime, as a solution to the Einstein-Maxwell equations. Our work uses and extends the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-18 Marios Antonios Apetroaie

Quantitative versions of mode stability type statements for the wave equation on Kerr-Newman black holes are proven for the full sub-extremal range. The mode stability result on the real axis is then applied to prove integrated local energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-05-15 Damon Civin

Using a purely physical-space analysis, we prove the precise oscillatory blow-up asymptotics of the spin $+2$ Teukolsky field in the interior of a subextremal Kerr black hole. In particular, this work gives a new proof of the blueshift…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-11 Sebastian Gurriaran

We derive the large time asymptotics of initially regular and localized solutions of the Teukolsky equation on the exterior of a subextremal Kerr black hole for any half integer spin. More precisely, we obtain the leading order term…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-15 Pascal Millet

In this paper, we study the odd solution of the linearlized Einstein equation on the Schwarzschild background and in the harmonic gauge. With the aid of Regge-Wheeler quantities, we are able to estimate the odd part of Lichnerowicz…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-28 Pei-Ken Hung

We present rotating solutions of Einstein's gravity coupled to an effective Born-Infeld theory that describes the end of open-string tachyon condensation after the decay of an unstable $D$-brane or a brane-antibrane system. The geometry of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-11 Ram Brustein , A. J. M. Medved , Tamar Simhon

In this paper, we prove a series of results concerning the uniqueness of Kerr-de Sitter as a family of smooth stationary black hole solutions to the nonlinear Einstein vacuum equations with positive cosmological constant $\Lambda$. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-09 Allen Juntao Fang

We consider the linearised vacuum Einstein equations around a Kerr exterior solution and present a scheme to prove elliptic $L^2(\mathbb{S}^2)$-estimates for the linearised curvature quantities in the equations. The scheme employs the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-09 Gabriele Benomio , Rita Teixeira da Costa

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 begin a program of work aimed at examining the interior of a rotating black hole with a non--zero cosmological constant. The generalisation of Teukolsky's equation for the radial mode functions is presented. It is shown that the energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 Chris M. Chambers , Ian G. Moss

Using the general solution to the Einstein equations on intersecting null surfaces developed by Hayward, we investigate the non-linear instability of the Cauchy horizon inside a realistic black hole. Making a minimal assumption about the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Patrick R Brady , Chris M Chambers

Analyzing exact solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations in the Kerr-Schild formalism we show that black hole horizon is instable with respect to electromagnetic excitations. Contrary to perturbative smooth harmonic solutions, the exact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-18 Alexander Burinskii

We establish boundedness and polynomial decay results for the Teukolsky system in the exterior spacetime of very slowly rotating and strongly charged sub-extremal Kerr-Newman black holes, with a focus on axially symmetric solutions. The key…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-16 Elena Giorgi , Jingbo Wan

We interpret the cosmological constant as the energy of the vacuum, and under a minimum amount of assumptions, we show that it is deformed in the vicinity of a black hole. This leads us to reexamine the Kerr-de Sitter solution. We provide a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-14 J. Ovalle , E. Contreras , Z. Stuchlik

This is our main paper in a series in which we prove the full, unconditional, nonlinear stability of the Kerr family $Kerr(a, m)$ for small angular momentum, i.e. $|a|/m\ll 1$, in the context of asymptotically flat solutions of the Einstein…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Sergiu Klainerman , Jeremie Szeftel