Generalized hidden Kerr/CFT

We construct a family of vector fields that generate local symmetries in the solution space of low frequency massless field perturbations in the general Kerr geometry. This yields a one-parameter family of SL(2, R) x SL(2, R) algebras. We identify limits in which the SL(2, R) x SL(2, R) algebra contracts to an SL(2, R) symmetry of the Schwarzschild background. We note that for a particular value of the free parameter, the symmetry algebra generates the quasinormal mode spectrum of a Kerr black hole in the large damping limit, suggesting a connection between the hidden conformal symmetry and a fundamental conformal field theory underlying the quantum Kerr black hole.