For all sub-extremal Kerr spacetimes |a|<M, angular elliptic estimates control the full linearised curvature by the extremal Teukolsky components up to lower-order terms.
Sharp decay for Teukolsky equation in Kerr spacetimes
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In this work, we derive the global sharp decay, as both a lower and an upper bounds, for the spin $\pm \mathfrak{s}$ components, which are solutions to the Teukolsky equation, in the black hole exterior and on the event horizon of a slowly rotating Kerr spacetime. These estimates are generalized to any subextreme Kerr background under an integrated local energy decay estimate. Our results apply to the scalar field $(\mathfrak{s}=0)$, the Maxwell field $(\mathfrak{s}=1)$ and the linearized gravity $(\mathfrak{s}=2)$ and confirm the Price's law decay that is conjectured to be sharp. Our analyses rely on a novel global conservation law for the Teukolsky equation, and this new approach can be applied to derive the precise asymptotics for solutions to semilinear wave equations.
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Elliptic curvature estimates for linearised gravitational perturbations of Kerr in the full sub-extremal range $|a|<M$
For all sub-extremal Kerr spacetimes |a|<M, angular elliptic estimates control the full linearised curvature by the extremal Teukolsky components up to lower-order terms.