Asymptotic quasinormal modes of a coupled scalar field in the Gibbons-Maeda dilaton spacetime

Abstract

Adopting the monodromy technique devised by Motl and Neitzke, we investigate analytically the asymptotic quasinormal frequencies of a coupled scalar field in the Gibbons-Maeda dilaton spacetime. We find that it is described by $ e^{βω}=-[1+2\cos{(\frac{\sqrt{2ξ+1}}{2} π)}]-e^{-β_I ω}[2+2\cos{(\frac{\sqrt{2ξ+1}}{2}π)}]$, which depends on the structure parameters of the background spacetime and on the coupling between the scalar and gravitational fields. As the parameters $ξ$ and $β_I$ tend to zero, the real parts of the asymptotic quasinormal frequencies becomes $T_H\ln{3}$, which is consistent with Hod's conjecture. When $ξ={91/18} $, the formula becomes that of the Reissner-Nordström spacetime.