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Unitarity, quasi-normal modes and the AdS3/CFT2 correspondence

George Siopsis

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In general, black-hole perturbations are governed by a discrete spectrum of complex eigen-frequencies (quasi-normal modes). This signals the breakdown of unitarity. In asymptotically AdS spaces, this is puzzling because the corresponding CFT is unitary. To address this issue in three dimensions, we replace the BTZ black hole by a wormhole, following a suggestion by Solodukhin (2004 Preprint hep-th/0406130). We solve the wave equation for a massive scalar field and find an equation for the poles of the propagator. This equation yields a rich spectrum of real eigen-frequencies. We show that the throat of the wormhole is o(e−1/G), where G is Newton's constant. Thus, the quantum effects which might produce the wormhole are non-perturbative.


PACS

04.70.Dy Quantum aspects of black holes, evaporation, thermodynamics

MSC

83C57 Black holes

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Dates

Issue 7 (7 April 2005)

Received 24 August 2004, in final form 8 February 2005

Published 17 March 2005



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