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Normal mode analysis for scalar fields in BTZ black hole background

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-03-26 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We analyze the possibility of inequivalent boundary conditions for a scalar field propagating in the BTZ black hole space-time. We find that for certain ranges of the black hole parameters, the Klein-Gordon operator admits a one-parameter family of self-adjoint extensions. For this range, the BTZ space-time is not quantum mechanically complete. We suggest a physically motivated method for determining the spectra of the Klein-Gordon operator.

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@article{arxiv.0807.2385,
  title  = {Normal mode analysis for scalar fields in BTZ black hole background},
  author = {Sayan K Chakrabarti and Pulak Ranjan Giri and Kumar S. Gupta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.2385},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, no figure, latex

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