Quasinormal corrections to near-extremal black hole thermodynamics

Abstract Recent work on the quantum mechanics of near-extremal non-supersymmetric black holes has identified a characteristic T 3/2 scaling of the low temperature black hole partition function. This result has only been derived using the path integral in the near-horizon region and relies on many as...

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Main Authors: Daniel Kapec, Y. T. Albert Law, Chiara Toldo
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-06-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2025)069
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description Abstract Recent work on the quantum mechanics of near-extremal non-supersymmetric black holes has identified a characteristic T 3/2 scaling of the low temperature black hole partition function. This result has only been derived using the path integral in the near-horizon region and relies on many assumptions. We discuss how to derive the T 3/2 scaling for the near-extremal rotating BTZ black hole from a calculation in the full black hole background using the Denef-Hartnoll-Sachdev (DHS) formula, which expresses the 1-loop determinant of a thermal geometry in terms of a product over the quasinormal mode spectrum. We also derive the spectral measure for fields of any spin in Euclidean BTZ and use it to provide a new proof of the DHS formula and a new, direct derivation of the BTZ heat kernel. The computations suggest a path to proving the T 3/2 scaling for the asymptotically flat 4d Kerr black hole.
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spelling doaj-art-a697863f847b4e87a01d9e9f034291d42025-08-20T04:01:42ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-06-012025613910.1007/JHEP06(2025)069Quasinormal corrections to near-extremal black hole thermodynamicsDaniel Kapec0Y. T. Albert Law1Chiara Toldo2Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature, Harvard UniversityStanford Institute for Theoretical PhysicsCenter for the Fundamental Laws of Nature, Harvard UniversityAbstract Recent work on the quantum mechanics of near-extremal non-supersymmetric black holes has identified a characteristic T 3/2 scaling of the low temperature black hole partition function. This result has only been derived using the path integral in the near-horizon region and relies on many assumptions. We discuss how to derive the T 3/2 scaling for the near-extremal rotating BTZ black hole from a calculation in the full black hole background using the Denef-Hartnoll-Sachdev (DHS) formula, which expresses the 1-loop determinant of a thermal geometry in terms of a product over the quasinormal mode spectrum. We also derive the spectral measure for fields of any spin in Euclidean BTZ and use it to provide a new proof of the DHS formula and a new, direct derivation of the BTZ heat kernel. The computations suggest a path to proving the T 3/2 scaling for the asymptotically flat 4d Kerr black hole.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2025)069Black HolesAdS-CFT CorrespondenceGauge-Gravity Correspondence
spellingShingle Daniel Kapec
Y. T. Albert Law
Chiara Toldo
Quasinormal corrections to near-extremal black hole thermodynamics
Journal of High Energy Physics
Black Holes
AdS-CFT Correspondence
Gauge-Gravity Correspondence
title Quasinormal corrections to near-extremal black hole thermodynamics
title_full Quasinormal corrections to near-extremal black hole thermodynamics
title_fullStr Quasinormal corrections to near-extremal black hole thermodynamics
title_full_unstemmed Quasinormal corrections to near-extremal black hole thermodynamics
title_short Quasinormal corrections to near-extremal black hole thermodynamics
title_sort quasinormal corrections to near extremal black hole thermodynamics
topic Black Holes
AdS-CFT Correspondence
Gauge-Gravity Correspondence
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2025)069
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