WKB analysis of the Regge–Wheeler equation down in the frequency plane

DOI10.1063/1.1626805zbMATH Open1070.83018arXivgr-qc/0303095OpenAlexW1970678804MaRDI QIDQ4833294FDOQ4833294

Authors: Alec Maassen van den Brink 

Publication date: 15 December 2004

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Regge-Wheeler equation for black-hole gravitational waves is analyzed for large negative imaginary frequencies, leading to a calculation of the cut strength for waves outgoing to infinity. In the--limited--region of overlap, the results agree well with numerical findings [Class. Quantum Grav._20_, L217 (2003)]. Requiring these waves to be outgoing into the horizon as well subsequently yields an analytic formula for the highly damped Schwarzschild quasinormal modes,_including_ the leading correction. Just as in the WKB quantization of, e.g., the harmonic oscillator, solutions in different regions of space have to be joined through a connection formula, valid near the boundary between them where WKB breaks down. For the oscillator, this boundary is given by the classical turning points; fascinatingly, the connection here involves an expansion around the black-hole singularity r=0.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0303095

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Black holes (83C57) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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