Perturbative calculation of quasi-normal modes of Schwarzschild black holes

Suphot Musiri, George Siopsis

Published 2003-08-25, updated 2003-10-22Version 2

We discuss a systematic method of analytically calculating the asymptotic form of quasi-normal frequencies of a four-dimensional Schwarzschild black hole by expanding around the zeroth-order approximation to the wave equation proposed by Motl and Neitzke. We obtain an explicit expression for the first-order correction and arbitrary spin. Our results are in agreement with the results from WKB and numerical analyses in the case of gravitational waves.