scholarly journals Connecting quasinormal modes and heat kernels in 1-loop determinants

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Keeler ◽  
Victoria Martin ◽  
Andrew Svesko
Keyword(s):  
Zeta Function ◽  
Heat Kernel ◽  
Kernel Method ◽  
Quasinormal Modes ◽  
Heat Kernels ◽  
Quasinormal Mode ◽  
Selberg Zeta Function ◽  
Hyperbolic Spacetime ◽  
Mode Method ◽  
Thermal Sum

We connect two different approaches for calculating functional determinants on quotients of hyperbolic spacetime: the heat kernel method and the quasinormal mode method. For the example of a rotating BTZ background, we show how the image sum in the heat kernel method builds up the logarithms in the quasinormal mode method, while the thermal sum in the quasinormal mode method builds up the integrand of the heat kernel. More formally, we demonstrate how the heat kernel and quasinormal mode methods are linked via the Selberg zeta function. We show that a 1-loop partition function computed using the heat kernel method may be cast as a Selberg zeta function whose zeros encode quasinormal modes. We discuss how our work may be used to predict quasinormal modes on more complicated spacetimes.

scholarly journals Normal modes in thermal AdS via the Selberg zeta function

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Martin ◽  
Andrew Svesko
Keyword(s):  
Zeta Function ◽  
Heat Kernel ◽  
Normal Mode ◽  
Kernel Method ◽  
Normal Modes ◽  
Quasinormal Mode ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Selberg Zeta Function ◽  
Exact Agreement ◽  
Spin Fields

The heat kernel and quasinormal mode methods of computing 1-loop partition functions of spin ss fields on hyperbolic quotient spacetimes \mathbb{H}^{3}/\mathbb{Z}ℍ3/ℤ are related via the Selberg zeta function. We extend that analysis to thermal \text{AdS}_{2n+1}AdS2n+1 backgrounds, with quotient structure \mathbb{H}^{2n+1}/\mathbb{Z}ℍ2n+1/ℤ. Specifically, we demonstrate the zeros of the Selberg function encode the normal mode frequencies of spin fields upon removal of non-square-integrable modes. With this information we construct the 1-loop partition functions for symmetric transverse traceless tensors in terms of the Selberg zeta function and find exact agreement with the heat kernel method.

scholarly journals BTZ one-loop determinants via the Selberg zeta function for general spin

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Keeler ◽  
Victoria L. Martin ◽  
Andrew Svesko
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Zeta Function ◽  
Heat Kernel ◽  
Arbitrary Spin ◽  
Quasinormal Mode ◽  
Scattering Operator ◽  
Selberg Zeta Function ◽  
Zero Modes ◽  
Spin Fields

Abstract We relate the heat kernel and quasinormal mode methods of computing the 1-loop partition function of arbitrary spin fields on a rotating (Euclidean) BTZ background using the Selberg zeta function associated with ℍ3/ℤ, extending (arXiv:1811.08433) [1]. Previously, Perry and Williams [2] showed for a scalar field that the zeros of the Selberg zeta function coincide with the poles of the associated scattering operator upon a relabeling of integers. We extend the integer relabeling to the case of general spin, and discuss its relationship to the removal of non-square-integrable Euclidean zero modes.

Rough estimates on the scalar heat kernel

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Michel Bismut
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Heat Equation ◽  
Heat Kernel ◽  
Heat Kernels ◽  
Hypoelliptic Operator ◽  
Uniform Bounds ◽  
Standard Heat ◽  
Probabilistic Construction

This chapter establishes rough estimates on the heat kernel rb,tX for the scalar hypoelliptic operator AbX on X defined in the preceding chapter. By rough estimates, this chapter refers to just the uniform bounds on the heat kernel. The chapter also obtains corresponding bounds for the heat kernels associated with operators AbX and another AbX over ̂X. Moreover, it gives a probabilistic construction of the heat kernels. This chapter also explains the relation of the heat equation for the hypoelliptic Laplacian on X to the wave equation on X and proves that as b → 0, the heat kernel rb,tX converges to the standard heat kernel of X.

A proof of the main identity

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Michel Bismut
Keyword(s):  
Heat Kernel ◽  
Heat Kernels

This chapter proves the formula that was stated in Chapter 6. It first states various estimates on the hypoelliptic heat kernels, which are valid for b ≥ 1 and then makes a natural rescaling on the coordinates parametrizing ̂X. Next, the chapter introduces a conjugation on the Clifford variables and shows that the norm of the term defining the conjugation can be adequately controlled. The chapter then introduces a conjugate ℒA,bX of another ℒA,bX and its associated heat kernel. Afterward, the chapter obtains the limit as b → +∞ of the rescaled heat kernel, thus establishing the formula in Chapter 6. After further computations, this chapter states a result on convergence of heat kernels.

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