Long-lived quasinormal modes in the Euler-Heisenberg electrodynamics

TL;DR

This paper investigates the quasinormal modes of scalar fields around charged black holes in Euler-Heisenberg nonlinear electrodynamics, revealing long-lived states and the effects of field mass and charge on damping and oscillation.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed analysis of quasinormal modes in Euler-Heisenberg electrodynamics using Leaver and time-domain methods, highlighting the existence of quasi-resonances.

Findings

Increased field mass leads to longer-lived modes.

Larger field charge increases oscillation frequency and quality factor.

Asymptotic tails dominate late-time behavior, obscuring quasi-resonances.

Abstract

Using the precise Leaver method and time-domain integration, we analyze the quasinormal modes and late-time behavior of massive neutral and charged scalar fields in the background of a charged, asymptotically flat black hole in the presence of Euler-Heisenberg nonlinear electrodynamics. We show that as the field mass increases, the damping rate decreases significantly, approaching arbitrarily long-lived states known as quasi-resonances. However, these modes cannot be identified in time-domain profiles due to the dominance of asymptotic tails in this regime, which decay slowly and exhibit oscillations with a power-law envelope. We observe that a larger field charge leads to a significantly higher quality factor, as it increases the oscillation frequency while reducing the damping rate.