Quantum Field Theory of Black Hole Perturbations with Backreaction III. Spherically symmetric 2nd order Maxwell sector

TL;DR

This paper extends the reduced phase space approach to black hole perturbation theory to include Maxwell matter, providing a gauge-invariant framework that can be applied to any order in perturbation theory, and confirms consistency with existing second-order results.

Contribution

It introduces a gauge-invariant method for higher-order black hole perturbations with Maxwell fields, extending previous second-order results to any order.

Findings

Reproduces known second-order equations of motion.

Extends perturbation theory to arbitrary order in a gauge-invariant manner.

Provides a consistent framework for black hole perturbations with Maxwell matter.

Abstract

In this paper we extend reduced phase space approach to black hole perturbation theory to Maxwell matter. We expand the resulting reduced Hamiltonian to second order in the graviton and photon perturbations and find that the corresponding equations of motion match the ones derived in the literature. Accordingly our approach reproduces previous results at second order. Its real virtue lies in the fact that it extends to any order in perturbation theory in a manifestly gauge invariant fashion.