Explicit Triangular Decoupling of the Separated Lichnerowicz Tensor Wave Equation on Schwarzschild into Scalar Regge-Wheeler Equations

We consider the vector and the Lichnerowicz wave equations on the Schwarzschild spacetime, which correspond to the Maxwell and linearized Einstein equations in harmonic gauges (or, respectively, in Lorenz and de Donder gauges). After a complete separation of variables, the radial mode equations form...

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description We consider the vector and the Lichnerowicz wave equations on the Schwarzschild spacetime, which correspond to the Maxwell and linearized Einstein equations in harmonic gauges (or, respectively, in Lorenz and de Donder gauges). After a complete separation of variables, the radial mode equations form complicated systems of coupled linear ODEs. We outline a precise abstract strategy to decouple these systems into a sparse triangular form, where the diagonal blocks consist of spin- scalar Regge-Wheeler equations (for spins = 0,1,2). Building on the example of the vector wave equation, which we have treated previously, we complete a successful implementation of our strategy for the Lichnerowicz wave equation. Our results go a step further than previous, more ad-hoc attempts in the literature by presenting a full and maximally simplified final triangular form. These results have important applications to the quantum field theory of and the classical stability analysis of electromagnetic and gravitational perturbations of the Schwarzschild black hole in harmonic gauges.
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Explicit Triangular Decoupling of the Separated Lichnerowicz Tensor Wave Equation on Schwarzschild into Scalar Regge-Wheeler Equations. Igor Khavkine. SIGMA 18 (2022), 011, 57 pages
1815-0659
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: 35Q75; 34L99; 34L05; 68W30
arXiv:2004.09651
https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/211534
https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2022.011
We consider the vector and the Lichnerowicz wave equations on the Schwarzschild spacetime, which correspond to the Maxwell and linearized Einstein equations in harmonic gauges (or, respectively, in Lorenz and de Donder gauges). After a complete separation of variables, the radial mode equations form complicated systems of coupled linear ODEs. We outline a precise abstract strategy to decouple these systems into a sparse triangular form, where the diagonal blocks consist of spin- scalar Regge-Wheeler equations (for spins = 0,1,2). Building on the example of the vector wave equation, which we have treated previously, we complete a successful implementation of our strategy for the Lichnerowicz wave equation. Our results go a step further than previous, more ad-hoc attempts in the literature by presenting a full and maximally simplified final triangular form. These results have important applications to the quantum field theory of and the classical stability analysis of electromagnetic and gravitational perturbations of the Schwarzschild black hole in harmonic gauges.
Research of the author's research was partially supported by the Praemium Academiae of M. Markl, GACR project GA18-07776S, and RVO: 67985840. Early stages of this work were completed while the author was affiliated with the University of Rome II (Tor Vergata) and with the University of Milan (Statale). Thanks to Claudio Dappiaggi, Felix Finster, Christian Gerard, Dietrich Hafner, Peter Hintz, Dmitry Jakobson, Niky Kamran, Vesselin Petkov, Iosif Polterovich, Ko Sanders, Werner Seiler, and Artur Sergyeyev for interesting discussions. Thanks to Stefanos Aretakis and Mihalis Dafermos for their hospitality during a visit to Princeton University, where an early version of this work was first presented in the Spring of 2016. The author also thanks Francesco Bussola for checking the mode decompositions (5.6c) and (5.6d) as part of his MSc thesis [13]. And final thanks go to Roman O. Popovych and to anonymous referees, whose comments greatly improved the presentation of the manuscript.
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Explicit Triangular Decoupling of the Separated Lichnerowicz Tensor Wave Equation on Schwarzschild into Scalar Regge-Wheeler Equations
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spellingShingle Explicit Triangular Decoupling of the Separated Lichnerowicz Tensor Wave Equation on Schwarzschild into Scalar Regge-Wheeler Equations
Khavkine, Igor
title Explicit Triangular Decoupling of the Separated Lichnerowicz Tensor Wave Equation on Schwarzschild into Scalar Regge-Wheeler Equations
title_full Explicit Triangular Decoupling of the Separated Lichnerowicz Tensor Wave Equation on Schwarzschild into Scalar Regge-Wheeler Equations
title_fullStr Explicit Triangular Decoupling of the Separated Lichnerowicz Tensor Wave Equation on Schwarzschild into Scalar Regge-Wheeler Equations
title_full_unstemmed Explicit Triangular Decoupling of the Separated Lichnerowicz Tensor Wave Equation on Schwarzschild into Scalar Regge-Wheeler Equations
title_short Explicit Triangular Decoupling of the Separated Lichnerowicz Tensor Wave Equation on Schwarzschild into Scalar Regge-Wheeler Equations
title_sort explicit triangular decoupling of the separated lichnerowicz tensor wave equation on schwarzschild into scalar regge-wheeler equations
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