Late-time Kerr tails: generic and non-generic initial data sets, `up' modes, and superposition

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Abstract: Three interrelated questions concerning Kerr spacetime late-time scalar-field tails are considered numerically, specifically the evolutions of generic and non-generic initial data sets, the excitation of "up" modes, and the resolution of an apparent paradox related to the superposition principle. We propose to generalize the Barack-Ori formula for the decay rate of any tail multipole given a generic initial data set, to the contribution of any initial multipole mode. Our proposal leads to a much simpler expression for the late-time power law index. Specifically, we propose that the late-time decay rate of the Yellm spherical harmonic multipole moment because of an initial Yellm multipole is independent of the azimuthal number m, and is given by tn, where n=ell+ell+1 for ell<ell and n=ell+ell+3 for ellgeell. We also show explicitly that the angular symmetry group of a multipole does not determine its late-time decay rate.









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