Kerr scattering coefficients via isomonodromy

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Abstract: We study the scattering of a massless scalar field in a generic Kerr background. Using a particular gauge choice based on the current conservation of the radial equation, we give a generic formula for the scattering coefficient in terms of the composite monodromy parameter sigma between the inner and the outer horizons. Using the isomonodromy flow, we calculate sigma exactly in terms of the Painlev'e V au-function. We also show that the eigenvalue problem for the angular equation (spheroidal harmonics) can be calculated using the same techniques. We use recent developments relating the Painlev'e V au-function to Liouville irregular conformal blocks to claim that this scattering problem is solved in the combinatorial sense, with known expressions for the au-function near the critical points.



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