Quasinormal modes, quantized black holes, and correspondence principle

TL;DR

This paper challenges the common belief that quasinormal mode asymptotics determine the spectrum of quantized black holes, arguing that the correspondence principle does not support this connection and that previous assumptions are physically inconsistent.

Contribution

It clarifies the misconception about the link between quasinormal modes and black hole spectra, providing a new perspective on black hole quantization.

Findings

The correspondence principle does not relate quasinormal modes to black hole spectra.

Previous beliefs about this relation are physically inconsistent.

The paper offers a revised understanding of black hole quantization.

Abstract

Contrary to the wide-spread belief, the correspondence principle does not dictate any relation between the asymptotics of quasinormal modes and the spectrum of quantized black holes. Moreover, this belief is in conflict with simple physical arguments.