Exact solutions of Regge-Wheeler equation

Abstract

The Regge-Wheeler equation describes the axial perturbations of Schwarzschild metric in linear approximation. We present its exact solutions in terms of the confluent Heun's functions, the basic properties of the general solution, novel analytical approach and numerical techniques for study of different boundary problems which correspond to quasi-normal modes of black holes and other simple models of compact objects. We depict in more detail the exact solutions of Regge-Wheeler equation in the Schwarzschild black hole interior and on Kruscal-Szekeres manifold. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.