Mode coupling mechanism for late-time Kerr tails

Abstract

We consider the decay rate for scalar fields in Kerr spacetime. We consider pure initial (azimuthal) multipoles ${\ell }^{\prime }$ with respect to the class which includes Boyer-Lindquist coordinates, and focus attention on the decay rate of the multipole $\ell$. We use an iterative method proposed by Gleiser, Price, and Pullin, and identify the mode coupling mechanism through the iterations in powers of the square of the Kerr black hole's specific angular momentum that gives rise to a decay rate formula recently proposed by Zenginoğlu, Khanna, and Burko. Modes $\ell$ may be excited through different channels, each leading to its own decay rate. The asymptotic decay rate of the mode $\ell$ is the slowest of the decay rate of the various channels. In some cases, more than one channel leads to the same decay rate, and then the amplitude of the mode is the sum of the amplitudes of the partial fields generated by the individual channels. We also show that one may identify the asymptotically-dominant channel of mode excitations, and obtain approximate results for the mode of interest by studying the dominant channel. The results of the dominant channel approximation approach the full-mode results at late times, and their difference approaches zero quadratically in inverse time.

22 pages, 12 figures, 4 tables

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