Quasinormal modes and stability of higher dimensional rotating black holes under massive scalar perturbations

Abstract

We consider the stability of six-dimensional singly rotating Myers-Perry black holes under massive scalar perturbations. Using Leaver's continued fraction method, we compute the quasinormal modes of the massive scalar fields. All modes found are damped under the quasinormal boundary conditions. It is also found that long-living modes called quasiresonances exist for large scalar masses as in the four-dimensional Kerr black hole case. Our numerical results provide a direct and complement evidence for the stability of six-dimensional MP black holes under massive scalar perturbation.