Clusters Spectral / Scattering

Spectral / Scattering

Quasinormal modes, resolvents, inverse problems, scattering maps, pseudospectrum, and excitation factors.

18 problems 15 open 3 partial 0 needs review
By family (this cluster)
  • Near-Kerr (vacuum) (15)
  • Exact Kerr (3)
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  • Physics-facing (2)
  • Mixed (5)
  • Pure math (11)
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Problems in this cluster

K-401
QNM completeness for Kerr ringdown expansions
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Physics-facing
K-402
Nonlinear QNMs from full Einstein evolution
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Physics-facing
K-403
Scattering theory for linearized gravity on Kerr
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Mixed
K-404
Zero-frequency structure and tail universality
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Pure math
K-405
Inverse scattering for Kerr parameters
Open Exact Kerr Mixed
K-406
Spectral stability and pseudospectrum of Kerr QNMs
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Mixed
K-407
QNM excitation factors and universality theorems
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Mixed
K-504
Quantitative stability of the photon region and spherical null geodesics under near-Kerr perturbations
Open Exact Kerr Pure math
K-505
Threshold phenomena in separated Teukolsky-type ODEs on Kerr (zero modes, algebraically special limits, superradiant edges)
Partial progress Exact Kerr Pure math
K-506
High-frequency Kerr quasinormal-mode laws with explicit remainder bounds
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Pure math
K-507
Finite-data inverse resonance recovery of Kerr parameters
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Mixed
K-661
Determine whether QNM expansions are stable under small nonlinearities (nonlinear resonance theory).
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Pure math
K-681
Develop a mathematically rigorous definition of nonlinear QNMs as poles of a suitable nonlinear response functional.
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Pure math
K-682
Prove that Kerr QNMs are stable under small perturbations of the metric in a topology relevant to stability proofs.
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Pure math
K-683
Prove a sharp characterization of the Kerr trapped set as a normally hyperbolic invariant manifold uniformly in a/M.
Partial progress Near-Kerr (vacuum) Pure math
K-684
Prove that the linearized Einstein operator on Kerr has no embedded eigenvalues/resonances on the real axis beyond gauge.
Partial progress Near-Kerr (vacuum) Pure math
K-688
Prove a fully rigorous PDE theorem for nonlinear superradiant instability of Kerr in a confining setting (mirror/AdS).
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Pure math
K-692
Prove sharp mapping properties of the Kerr scattering operator in weighted Sobolev spaces matching physical radiation norms.
Open Near-Kerr (vacuum) Pure math