Conformal Field Theory Interpretation of Black Hole Quasinormal Modes
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We obtain exact expressions for the quasinormal modes of various spin for the Bañados-Teitelboim-Zanelli black hole. These modes determine the relaxation time of black hole perturbations. Exact agreement is found between the quasinormal frequencies and the location of the poles of the retarded correlation function of the corresponding perturbations in the dual conformal field theory. This then provides a new quantitative test of the anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory correspondence.
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- Authors
- Birmingham, D., Sachs, I., & Solodukhin, S. N.
- Affiliations
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2002-03-27
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 151301-151301
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2079116251
- Cited by
- 502
- References
- 23
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- FWCI
- 15.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
- Keywords
- quasinormal modes, BTZ black hole, black hole perturbations, conformal field theory, relaxation time
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