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Energy-Morawetz estimates for Teukolsky equations in perturbations of Kerr

Siyuan Ma·Jérémie Szeftel
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In this paper, we prove energy and Morawetz estimates for solutions to Teukolsky equations in spacetimes with metrics that are perturbations, compatible with nonlinear applications, of Kerr metrics in the full subextremal range. The Teukolsky equations are written in tensorial form using the non-integrable formalism in \cite{GKS22}, and we follow the approach in \cite{Ma} of relying on a Teukolsky wave/transport system. The estimates are proved by extending the ideas from our earlier result \cite{MaSz24} on the corresponding problem for the scalar wave, notably the use of $r$-foliation-adapted microlocal multipliers for the wave part, and by incorporating techniques from \cite{Ma} to control the linear coupling terms between the components of the Teukolsky wave/transport system. Additionally, in order to adapt the methodology of \cite{MaSz24} to tensorial waves, we introduce a well-suited regular scalarization procedure which is of independent interest. This result, alongside our companion paper \cite{MaSz24}, is an essential step towards extending the current proof of Kerr stability in \cite{GCM1} \cite{GCM2} \cite{KS:Kerr} \cite{GKS22} \cite{Shen}, valid in the slowly rotating case, to a complete resolution of the Kerr stability conjecture, i.e., the statement that the Kerr family of spacetimes is nonlinearly stable for all subextremal angular momenta.

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Siyuan Ma, Jérémie Szeftel. 2026-03-25. Energy-Morawetz estimates for Teukolsky equations in perturbations of Kerr. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23437

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