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Scalar field perturbations in asymptotically Lifshitz black holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-06-05 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider scalar field perturbations about asymptotically Lifshitz black holes with dynamical exponent z in D dimensions. We show that, for suitable boundary conditions, these Lifshitz black holes are stable under scalar field perturbations. For z=2, we explicitly compute the quasinormal mode frecuencies, which result to be purely imaginary, and then obtain the damping-off of the scalar field perturbation in these backgrounds. The general analysis includes, in particular, the z=3 black hole solution of three-dimensional massive gravity.

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@article{arxiv.1203.0582,
  title  = {Scalar field perturbations in asymptotically Lifshitz black holes},
  author = {Alex Giacomini and Gaston Giribet and Mauricio Leston and Julio Oliva and Sourya Ray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.0582},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

13 pages, no figures. v2: 14 pages, references added. To appear on PRD