Linear waves in the Kerr geometry: A mathematical voyage to black hole physics

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01258-0MaRDI QIDQ3643371zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Felix Finster, Niky Kamran, Joel Smoller, Shing-Tung Yau

Publication date 11 November 2009

Published in Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.1423

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L15) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: This paper gives a survey of wave dynamics in the Kerr space-time geometry, the mathematical model of a rotating black hole in equilibrium. After a brief introduction to the Kerr metric, we review the separability properties of linear wave equations for fields of general spin $s=0,1/2,1,2$, corresponding to scalar, Dirac, electromagnetic fields and linearized gravitational waves. We give results on the long-time dynamics of Dirac and scalar waves, including decay rates for massive Dirac fields. For scalar waves, we give a rigorous treatment of superradiance and describe rigorously a mechanism of energy extraction from a rotating black hole. Finally, we discuss the open problem of linear stability of the Kerr metric and present partial results.

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