On the Equations Governing the Gravitational Perturbations of the Kerr Black Hole
Abstract
Teukolsky's radial equation governing the general, non-axisymmetric, gravitational perturbations of the Kerr black hole is reduced to the form of a one-dimensional wave equation by making use of the transformation which enables the treatment of the non-axisymmetric modes in exactly the same way as the axisymmetric modes.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A
- Pub Date:
- August 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1098/rspa.1976.0101
- Bibcode:
- 1976RSPSA.350..165C
- Keywords:
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- Black Holes (Astronomy);
- Gravitational Effects;
- Perturbation Theory;
- Transformations (Mathematics);
- Wave Equations;
- Field Theory (Physics);
- Metric Space;
- Potential Theory;
- Astrophysics;
- BLACK HOLES (ASTRONOMY);
- GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;
- PERTURBATION THEORY;
- TRANSFORMATIONS (MATHEMATICS);
- WAVE EQUATIONS;
- FIELD THEORY (PHYSICS);
- METRIC SPACE;
- POTENTIAL THEORY