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Quasi normal modes
Author(s) -
Sachs I.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.200310161
Subject(s) - unitarity , physics , thermalisation , conformal field theory , field theory (psychology) , string theory , quantum field theory , field (mathematics) , theoretical physics , quantum electrodynamics , conformal map , quantum mechanics , mathematical physics , mathematics , geometry , pure mathematics
In this talk we review different applications of quasi normal modes to black hole physics, string theory and thermalisation in quantum field theory. In particular, we describe the the relation between quasi normal modes of AdS black holes and the time scale for thermalisation in strongly coupled, large N conformal field theory. We also discuss the problem of unitarity within this approach.