Kerr Quasinormal Modes without Variable Separation: A Two-Dimensional Hyperboloidal Teukolsky Solver with Physics-Informed Neural Networks

Abstract

We use physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) to solve the gravitational quasinormal-mode (QNM) eigenvalue problem for Kerr spacetime directly in the two-dimensional hyperboloidal formulation of the Teukolsky equation. This formulation does not require separation of variables and thus retains the coupled radial--angular structure. Such a scheme provides a prototype for calculating the QNMs of beyond-Kerr black holes for which the perturbation equations are non-separable. Sequences with increasing angular momentum are constructed, reaching close to the extremal limit. We focus on the fundamental modes $(\ell ,m,n)=(2,0,0)$, $(2,1,0)$, $(2,2,0)$, $(3,3,0)$ and $(4,4,0)$, together with the first overtone $(2,2,1)$. Independent benchmark evaluation shows that every reported real and imaginary frequency component remains below $0.5\%$ error, with a median deviation of $0.1\%$. This accuracy is maintained in the near-extremal regime, where the damping rate becomes small and the modes are longest-lived. The results establish a non-spectral numerical route to multidimensional black-hole perturbation eigenproblems which does not match the substantially higher precision of dedicated Kerr solvers but offers greater flexibility and requires less analytical pre-processing. Non-separable rotating backgrounds and coupled systems, such as gravitational--electromagnetic Kerr--Newman perturbations, are natural extensions of the same construction.

Comments: 24 pages, 7 figures