Conformal Field Theory Interpretation of Black Hole Quasi-normal Modes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-07 v2 Statistical Mechanics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We obtain exact expressions for the quasi-normal modes of various spin for the BTZ black hole. These modes determine the relaxation time of black hole perturbations. Exact agreement is found between the quasi-normal 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 AdS/CFT correspondence.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0112055,
title = {Conformal Field Theory Interpretation of Black Hole Quasi-normal Modes},
author = {Danny Birmingham and Ivo Sachs and Sergey N. Solodukhin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0112055},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, RevTeX, references added