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QNM orthogonality relations for AdS black holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-10-20 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We present orthogonality relations for quasinormal modes of a wide class of asymptotically AdS black holes. The definition is obtained from a standard product, modified by a CPT operator and placed on a complex radial contour which avoids branch points of the modes. They are inspired by existing constructions for de Sitter and Kerr spacetimes. The CPT operator is needed to map right eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian into left eigenfunctions. The radial contour connects two copies of the dual QFT on a thermal Schwinger-Keldysh contour, making contact with real-time holography and the double cone wormhole.

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@article{arxiv.2505.04696,
  title  = {QNM orthogonality relations for AdS black holes},
  author = {Paolo Arnaudo and Javier Carballo and Benjamin Withers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.04696},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

17 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. Comments welcome. Added one paragraph in the discussion. Matches published version