15–17 Jul 2026
Durham University
Europe/London timezone

A complete mode decomposition of black hole perturbations

17 Jul 2026, 15:00
30m
Applebey Lecture Theatre (Geography) (Durham University)

Applebey Lecture Theatre (Geography)

Durham University

Speaker

Javier Carballo (University of Southampton)

Description

It is well known that quasinormal modes (QNMs) do not form a complete basis for linear black hole perturbations. In particular, retarded Green's functions of black holes can only be decomposed as a convergent sum of QNMs at sufficiently late times. In this talk, I will show that Green's functions can be expanded as a convergent mode sum everywhere in spacetime. When QNMs fail at early times, a sum of Matusbara modes associated to the horizon temperature converges instead. Based on 2510.18956.

Author

Javier Carballo (University of Southampton)

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