Charged scalar field at future null infinity via nonlinear hyperboloidal evolution
Phys. Rev. D 112, 104053 – Published 19 November, 2025Erratum Phys. Rev. D 113, 049902 (2026)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/w94x-d6j8
Abstract
Quasinormal modes and power-law late-time decay tails of a charged scalar field in a charged black hole background have been studied, but never in the fully nonlinear regime, as far as we know. In this paper, we study the dependence of these properties on the charges of scalar field and black hole. For the quasinormal modes, a fit of the spherical fundamental mode is shown for the purely uncharged case and compared to the charged one. We also see for the first time the transition from gravitational decay to pure electromagnetic decay, and show disagreement with the oscillation frequency between real and imaginary parts of the scalar field prescribed in the literature. Full nonlinear evolutions of hyperboloidal slices in spherical symmetry were used to obtain our results, allowing for the extraction of signals at future null infinity.
