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The Teukolsky Equation is a complex scalar partial differential equation describing linear perturbations of fields on Kerr black holes (or more generally spacetimes of Petrov Type D).

Teukolsky Variables

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d

The equation

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The Kerr metric in (modified) Boyer-Lindquist coordinates (t,r,z=cos(Θ), φ)

with

Teukolsky master equation:

Radial equation

References

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