Choptuik Scaling and Quasinormal Modes in the AdS/CFT Correspondence

Danny Birmingham

Published 2001-01-28, updated 2001-02-15Version 2

We establish an exact connection between the Choptuik scaling parameter for the three-dimensional BTZ black hole, and the imaginary part of the quasinormal frequencies for scalar perturbations. Via the AdS/CFT correspondence, this leads to an interpretation of Choptuik scaling in terms of the timescale for return to equilibrium of the dual conformal field theory.