Scalar quasinormal modes of rotating black holes in parity-violating gravity

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Main Authors: Tahara, Hiroaki W. H., Motohashi, Hayato, Takahashi, Kazufumi, Yingcharoenrat, Vicharit
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Published: 2026
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author Tahara, Hiroaki W. H.
Motohashi, Hayato
Takahashi, Kazufumi
Yingcharoenrat, Vicharit
author_facet Tahara, Hiroaki W. H.
Motohashi, Hayato
Takahashi, Kazufumi
Yingcharoenrat, Vicharit
contents Recently, an exact rotating black hole solution in a parity-violating theory of gravity was obtained via a conformal transformation of the Kerr solution in general relativity, with parity-violating effects encoded in the conformal factor. We study the quasinormal modes (QNMs) of a test scalar field minimally coupled to gravity on this conformal Kerr background, treating the parity-violating effects perturbatively while allowing for arbitrary black hole spin, from the non-rotating case to the near-extremal regime. For low spin, we derive a perturbative formula for the QNM frequencies that includes the leading-order parity-violating correction. For high spin, particularly in the near-extremal regime, we find sizable deviations from the Kerr QNM frequencies. Our results point to a new avenue for probing parity-violating physics in the strong-gravity regime through black hole QNMs.
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spellingShingle Scalar quasinormal modes of rotating black holes in parity-violating gravity
Tahara, Hiroaki W. H.
Motohashi, Hayato
Takahashi, Kazufumi
Yingcharoenrat, Vicharit
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Theory
Recently, an exact rotating black hole solution in a parity-violating theory of gravity was obtained via a conformal transformation of the Kerr solution in general relativity, with parity-violating effects encoded in the conformal factor. We study the quasinormal modes (QNMs) of a test scalar field minimally coupled to gravity on this conformal Kerr background, treating the parity-violating effects perturbatively while allowing for arbitrary black hole spin, from the non-rotating case to the near-extremal regime. For low spin, we derive a perturbative formula for the QNM frequencies that includes the leading-order parity-violating correction. For high spin, particularly in the near-extremal regime, we find sizable deviations from the Kerr QNM frequencies. Our results point to a new avenue for probing parity-violating physics in the strong-gravity regime through black hole QNMs.
title Scalar quasinormal modes of rotating black holes in parity-violating gravity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03722