ReggeWheeler

Version 0.1 Copyright 2019 Black Hole Perturbation Toolkit

The ReggeWheeler package provides a set of functions for computing solutions to the Regge Wheeler equation for perturbations about the spacetime of a Schwarzschild black hole.

Getting the package

The latest development version will always be available from the project git repository:

git clone https://github.com/BlackHolePerturbationToolkit/ReggeWheeler.git

Requirements

Mathematica: ReggeWheeler requires a recent version of Mathematica. It is typically tested with only the latest available version.

Installation

Clone the repository and place it somewhere on Mathematica's $Path. Typical locations are inside ${HOME}/.Mathematica/Applications/ for Linux or inside ${HOME}/Library/Mathematica/Applications/ for Mac OSX.

Usage

The package may be loaded into Mathematica using the command:

<< ReggeWheeler`

Examples

Examples are included in the documentation. See the ReggeWheeler page in Documentation Center.

Known problems

Known bugs are recorded in the project bug tracker:

https://github.com/BlackHolePerturbationToolkit/ReggeWheeler/issues

License

This code is distributed under the MIT License. Details can be found in the LICENSE file.

Authors

Jonathan Thompson