Properties of solutions to the mode equations for scalar fields in Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime

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Abstract

The behaviors of solutions to the mode equations for massless and massive scalar fields with minimal and conformal curvature couplings in Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime are investigated. Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime is an exact solution to Einstein's equations for a black hole in an expanding universe. It contains both a black hole horizon and a cosmological horizon. The focus will be on the region outside of the cosmological horizon.

*This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-1912584 to Wake Forest University.

Presenters

  • Emily Foley

    • Wake Forest University

Authors

  • Emily Foley

    • Wake Forest University
  • Paul R Anderson

    • Wake Forest University