Late-time evolution of realistic rotating collapse and the no-hair theorem

We study analytically the asymptotic late-time evolution of realistic rotating collapse. This is done by considering the asymptotic late-time solutions of Teukolsky's master equation, which governs the evolution of gravitational, electromagnetic, neutrino and scalar perturbations fields on Kerr spacetimes. In accordance with the no-hair conjecture for rotating black holes we show that the asymptotic solutions develop inverse power-law tails at the asymptotic regions of timelike infinity, null infinity and along the black-hole outer horizon (where the power-law behavior is multiplied by an oscillatory term caused by the dragging of reference frames). The dumping exponents characterizing the asymptotic solutions at timelike infinity and along the black-hole outer horizon are independent of the spin parameter of the fields. However, the dumping exponents at future null infinity are spin dependent. The late-time tails at all the three asymptotic regions are spatially dependent on the spin parameter of the field. The rotational dragging of reference frames, caused by the rotation of the black hole (or star) leads to an active coupling of different multipoles. [S0556-2821(98)03322-0].