Kostas D. Kokkotas
Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Thessaloniki 54006, Greece.
kokkotas@astro.auth.gr
http://www.astro.auth.gr/~kokkotas
and
Bernd G. Schmidt
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics,
Albert Einstein Institute, D-14476 Golm, Germany.
bernd@aei-potsdam.mpg.de
(Accepted 31 August 1999)
Abstract
Perturbations of stars and black holes have been one
of the main topics of relativistic astrophysics for the last few
decades. They are of particular importance today, because of
their relevance to gravitational wave astronomy. In this review
we present the theory of quasi-normal modes of compact objects
from both the mathematical and astrophysical points of view. The
discussion includes perturbations of black holes (Schwarzschild,
Reissner-Nordström, Kerr and Kerr-Newman) and relativistic stars
(non-rotating and slowly-rotating). The properties of the various
families of quasi-normal modes are described, and numerical
techniques for calculating quasi-normal modes reviewed. The
successes, as well as the limits, of perturbation theory are
presented, and its role in the emerging era of numerical
relativity and supercomputers is discussed.
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Quasi-Normal Modes of Stars and Black Holes
Kostas D. Kokkotas and Bernd G. Schmidt http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-1999-2 © Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. ISSN 1433-8351 Problems/Comments to livrev@aei-potsdam.mpg.de |