Heun equation, Teukolsky equation, and type-D metrics

D. Batic, H. Schmid

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Abstract

Starting with the whole class of type-D vacuum backgrounds with cosmological constant we show that the separated Teukolsky equation for zero rest-mass fields with spins s=±2 (gravitational waves), s=±1 (electromagnetic waves), and s=±12 (neutrinos) is a Heun equation in disguise.

Original languageBritish English
Article number042502
JournalJournal of Mathematical Physics
Volume48
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

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