@article{9473eeffac174c53b25b2c001f901cda,
title = "Heun equation, Teukolsky equation, and type-D metrics",
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.",
author = "D. Batic and H. Schmid",
note = "Funding Information: The research of one of the authors (D.B.) was supported by EU grant No. HPRN-CT-2002-00277. One of the authors (D.B.) is indebted to N. Kamran, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and S. Q. Wu, Hua-Zhong Normal University, Wuhan, China, for finding some useful references.",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1063/1.2720277",
language = "British English",
volume = "48",
journal = "Journal of Mathematical Physics",
issn = "0022-2488",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
number = "4",
}