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We review our recent work on linear stability for scalar perturbations of Kerr spacetimes, that is to say, boundedness and decay properties for solutions of the scalar wave equation \Box_g{\psi} = 0 on Kerr exterior backgrounds. We begin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 Mihalis Dafermos , Igor Rodnianski

We prove the global leading-order late-time asymptotic behaviour of solutions to inhomogeneous wave equations on dynamical black hole exterior backgrounds that settle down to Schwarzschild backgrounds with arbitrarily small decay rates. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-01 Dejan Gajic , Lionor Kehrberger

We present an analytic method for calculating the late-time tails of a linear scalar field outside a Kerr black hole. We give the asymptotic behavior at timelike infinity (for fixed $r$), at future null infinity, and along the event horizon…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Leor Barack , Amos Ori

This paper is the first of a series regarding the Teukolsky equation of spin $\pm 1$ and spin $\pm 2$ on Kerr backgrounds in the full subextremal range of parameters $|a|<M$. In the present paper, we study fixed frequency solutions of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-20 Yakov Shlapentokh-Rothman , Rita Teixeira da Costa

This paper contains the first two parts (I-II) of a three-part series concerning the scalar wave equation \Box_g{\psi} = 0 on a fixed Kerr background. We here restrict to two cases: (II1) |a| \ll M, general {\psi} or (II2) |a| < M, {\psi}…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-10-26 Mihalis Dafermos , Igor Rodnianski

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

In this article we study the pointwise decay properties of solutions to the wave equation on a class of nonstationary asymptotically flat backgrounds in three space dimensions. Under the assumption that uniform energy bounds and a weak form…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-05-25 Jason Metcalfe , Daniel Tataru , Mihai Tohaneanu

We prove boundedness and polynomial decay statements for solutions of the Teukolsky system for electromagnetic-gravitational perturbations of a Kerr-Newman exterior background, with parameters satisfying $|a|, |Q| \ll M$. The identification…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-14 Elena Giorgi

We reduce the study of perturbations of rotating black holes in higher-derivative extensions of general relativity to a system of decoupled radial equations that stem from a set of universal Teukolsky equations. We detail a complete…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-25 Pablo A. Cano , Kwinten Fransen , Thomas Hertog , Simon Maenaut

We study analytically, via the Newman-Penrose formalism, the late time decay of scalar, electromagnetic, and gravitational perturbations outside a realistic rotating (Kerr) black hole. We find a power-law decay at timelike infinity, as well…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Leor Barack

The time evolution of linear fields of spin $s = \pm 1$ and $s = \pm 2$ on Kerr black hole spacetimes are investigated by solving the homogeneous Teukolsky equation numerically. The applied numerical setup is based on a combination of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-03 Károly Csukás , István Rácz , Gábor Zsolt Tóth

We prove in this paper the linear stability of the celebrated Schwarzschild family of black holes in general relativity: Solutions to the linearisation of the Einstein vacuum equations around a Schwarzschild metric arising from regular…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-27 Mihalis Dafermos , Gustav Holzegel , Igor Rodnianski

We study the Cauchy problem for the Maxwell equations in the exterior region of Kerr black hole spacetimes. The equations are formulated for components of the Maxwell field relative to the algebraically special frame of Kerr, with the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Gabriele Benomio , Rita Teixeira da Costa

This paper proves global existence and sharp pointwise decay for solutions to nonlinear wave equations satisfying the semilinear null condition, on a class of three-dimensional, asymptotically flat, and notably, non-stationary spacetimes.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Shi-Zhuo Looi , Mihai Tohaneanu

We develop a formalism to treat higher order (nonlinear) metric perturbations of the Kerr spacetime in a Teukolsky framework. We first show that solutions to the linearized Einstein equation with nonvanishing stress tensor can be decomposed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-15 Stephen R. Green , Stefan Hollands , Peter Zimmerman

We introduce a general method for understanding the late time tail for solutions to wave equations on asymptotically flat spacetimes with odd space dimensions. In particular, for a large class of equations, we prove that the precise late…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-04 Jonathan Luk , Sung-Jin Oh

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

We derive the Teukolsky equation for perturbations of a Kerr spacetime when the spacetime metric is written in either ingoing or outgoing Kerr-Schild form. We also write explicit formulae for setting up the initial data for the Teukolsky…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Manuela Campanelli , Gaurav Khanna , Pablo Laguna , Jorge Pullin , Michael P. Ryan

As shown by Teukolsky, the master equation governing the propagation of weak radiation in a black hole spacetime can be separated into four ordinary differential equations, one for each spacetime coordinate. (``Weak'' means the radiation's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Scott A. Hughes

A new version of the Teukolksy Master Equation, describing any massless field of different spin $s=1/2,1,3/2,2$ in the Kerr black hole, is presented here in the form of a wave equation containing additional curvature terms. These results…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Donato Bini , Christian Cherubini , Robert T Jantzen , Remo J. Ruffini