2000/12/22 by Hiroko Koyama, Akira Tomimatsu · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.63.064032
published as Phys.Rev. D63 (2001) 064032 · 18 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Physical Review D
arxiv created 2000/12/22 · openalex publication_date 2001/02/23 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We investigate the dominant late-time tail behavior of massive scalar fields in a nearly extreme Reissner-Nordstr"om background. It is shown that the oscillatory tail of the scalar fields has the decay rate of t^\ensuremath-5/6 at asymptotically late times. The physical mechanism by which the asymptotic t^\ensuremath-5/6 tail is generated and the relation between the field mass and the time scale when the tail begins to dominate are discussed in terms of resonance backscattering due to space-time curvature.