Asymptotics of linear waves and resonances with applications to black holes (Q2339209)

The author is describing the asymptotic behaviour of linear waves on Kerr (-de Sitter) black holes and more general Lorentzian manifolds, providing a quantitative analysis of the ringdown phenomenon. He is proving that if the initial data are localized at sufficiently high frequencies wavelength, then the energy norm of the solution could be bounded, such a way that a natural dynamical parameter will enter into play. The key tool is a microlocal projector splitting the solution into a component with controlled rate of exponential decay and a remainder, which is determined by the dynamic parameter yet determined. The splitting generalizes expansions into quasi-normal modes available in completely integrable setting. In the case of generalized Kerr (-de Sitter) black holes satisfying certain natural conditions, quasi-normal modes are localized in bands and satisfy a precise counting law.