Path to an exact WKB analysis of black hole quasinormal modes

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Main Authors: Miyachi, Taiga, Namba, Ryo, Omiya, Hidetoshi, Oshita, Naritaka
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Published: 2025
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author Miyachi, Taiga
Namba, Ryo
Omiya, Hidetoshi
Oshita, Naritaka
author_facet Miyachi, Taiga
Namba, Ryo
Omiya, Hidetoshi
Oshita, Naritaka
contents We investigate black hole quasinormal modes using the exact WKB method. We perform an analytic continuation from the horizon to infinity along the positive real axis of the radial coordinate and impose appropriate boundary conditions at these asymptotic positions. We clarify the role of previously overlooked logarithmic spirals of Stokes curves and branch cuts emerging from the horizon. We carefully reformulate the derivation of the quasinormal mode conditions using the exact WKB analysis, incorporating the contributions from these features into the calculation. We successfully derive correct results for both solvable model examples and the Schwarzschild spacetime. Our formulation enjoys straightforward extensions to other background geometries as well as a wide range of other physical systems.
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spellingShingle Path to an exact WKB analysis of black hole quasinormal modes
Miyachi, Taiga
Namba, Ryo
Omiya, Hidetoshi
Oshita, Naritaka
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We investigate black hole quasinormal modes using the exact WKB method. We perform an analytic continuation from the horizon to infinity along the positive real axis of the radial coordinate and impose appropriate boundary conditions at these asymptotic positions. We clarify the role of previously overlooked logarithmic spirals of Stokes curves and branch cuts emerging from the horizon. We carefully reformulate the derivation of the quasinormal mode conditions using the exact WKB analysis, incorporating the contributions from these features into the calculation. We successfully derive correct results for both solvable model examples and the Schwarzschild spacetime. Our formulation enjoys straightforward extensions to other background geometries as well as a wide range of other physical systems.
title Path to an exact WKB analysis of black hole quasinormal modes
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17245