qnm: A Python package for calculating Kerr quasinormal modes, separation constants, and spherical-spheroidal mixing coefficients
Abstract
is an open-source Python package for computing the Kerr quasinormal mode frequencies, angular separation constants, and spherical-spheroidal mixing coefficients. The package includes a Leaver solver with the Cook-Zalutskiy spectral approach to the angular sector, and a caching mechanism to avoid repeating calculations. We provide a large cache of low modes, which can be downloaded and installed with a single function call, and interpolated to provide good initial guess for root-polishing at new values of spin.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1908.10377,
title = {qnm: A Python package for calculating Kerr quasinormal modes, separation constants, and spherical-spheroidal mixing coefficients},
author = {Leo C. Stein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.10377},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
3 pages, 0 figures. Matches version accepted by the Journal of Open Source Software. The source repository: https://github.com/duetosymmetry/qnm , PyPI entry: https://pypi.org/project/qnm/ , documentation: https://qnm.readthedocs.io . Suggestions and pull requests welcome