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Teukolsky equation and Penrose wave equation

Michael P. Ryan, Jr.

  • Center for Relativity Theory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712

Phys. Rev. D 10, 1736 – Published 15 September, 1974

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.10.1736

Abstract

It is shown that Teukolsky's equation can be derived from a second-order wave equation for the Riemann tensor. The derivation is done in a way that emphasizes the modern tensor-analysis content of the Newman-Penrose formalism.

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