PIRSA:09050033

Wave equations in Kerr geometry

Kamran, N. (2009). Wave equations in Kerr geometry. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/09050033

Kamran, Niky. Wave equations in Kerr geometry. Perimeter Institute, May. 09, 2009, https://pirsa.org/09050033 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:09050033,
            doi = {10.48660/09050033},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/09050033},
            author = {Kamran, Niky},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Wave equations in Kerr geometry},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2009},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:09050033 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Niky Kamran McGill University

DOI 10.48660/09050033
Collection
Talk Type Conference

Abstract

Quite a bit of progress has been achieved over the past seven years in understanding from a rigorous mathematical perspective the long time dynamics of waves in the Kerr geometry of a rotating black hole in equilibrium. A proof of the Penrose process for scalar waves has notably been given in this context. I will review some of these results, obtained in collaboration with Felix Finster, Joel Smoller and Shing-Tung Yau. I will also indicate a number of open problems.