Boundedness and decay for the Teukolsky equation on Kerr spacetimes I: the case $|a|\ll M$

Abstract

We prove boundedness and polynomial decay statements for solutions of the spin $\pm 2$ Teukolsky equation on a Kerr exterior background with parameters satisfying $|a|\ll M$. The bounds are obtained by introducing generalisations of the higher order quantities $P$ and $\underline{P}$ used in our previous work on the linear stability of Schwarzschild. The existence of these quantities in the Schwarzschild case is related to the transformation theory of Chandrasekhar. In a followup paper, we shall extend this result to the general sub-extremal range of parameters $|a|<M$. As in the Schwarzschild case, these bounds provide the first step in proving the full linear stability of the Kerr metric to gravitational perturbations.

arXiv comment84 pages, 3 figures

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