Analytic Solutions of the Regge-Wheeler Equation and the Post-Minkowskian Expansion
Analytic Solutions of the Regge-Wheeler Equation and the Post-Minkowskian Expansion
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Regge-Wheeler方程和后Minkowski展开式的解析解
DOI:
10.1143/ptp.96.549
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发表时间:
1996
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通讯作者:
E. Takasugi
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作者:
S. Mano;Hisao Suzuki;E. Takasugi
Analytic solutions of the Regge·Wheeler equation are presented in the form of a series of hypergeometric functions and Coulomb wave functions which have different regions of convergence. Relations among these solutions are established. The series solutions are given as the Post Minkowskian expansion with respect to the parameter €=2Mw, M being the mass of a black hole. This expansion corresponds to the post-Newtonian expansion when they are applied to the gravita tional radiation from a particle in a circular orbit around a black hole. These solutions can also be useful for numerical computations. In a previous work,l) we presented analytic solutions of the Regge-Wheeler (RW) equation in the form of a series of hypergeometric functions. We proved that recurrence relations among hypergeometric functions as given in Appendix A in this text and showed that coefficients of series are systematically determined in a power series of €=2Mw, M being the mass of black hole. We also presented analytic solutions in the form of a series of Coulomb wave functions which turn out to be the same as those given by Leaver. 2 ) We found that the series of solutions is character ized by the renormalized angular momentum which turns out to be identical. Then, we obtained a good solution by matching these two types of solutions. This method can be extended for the Teukolsky equation 3 ) in the Kerr geometry_ In this case, the coefficients of series of hypergeometric functions and also those of a series of Coulomb wave functions satisfy the three term recurrence relations. Con cerning these recurrence relations, Otchik 4 ) made the important observation that the recurrence relation for the two series are identical, which made it possible to relate these two series solutions_*) Following the discussion by Otchik,4) Mano, Suzuki and Takasugi 5 ) extended our analysis to the Teukolsky equation in the Kerr geometry and reported analytic solutions. We discussed the convergence regions of these series and the relation between two solutions of different regions of convergence. The series are expressed in the € expansion which corresponds to the Post-Minkowskian expansion and also to the post-Newtonian expansion when they are applied to the gravitational radiation from a particle in circular orbit around a black hole. In this paper, we present analytic solutions of the RW equation and discuss the analytic properties of these solutions by reorganizing our previous work!) following *) In Otchik's paper, the relation between the series of hypergeometric functions and the series of Coulomb wave functions is studied in the intermediate region where both series converge, though the series which he treated are not the solutions of Teukolsky equation.