Solutions for Klein-Gordon equation in Randall-Sundrum-Kerr scenario

We study the scalar perturbations of rotating black holes in framework of extra dimensions type Randall-Sundrum(RS).Comment: 2 pages, revtex4, contribution to conference "100 years of Relativity", Sao Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 22-24, 200

Quasinormal modes and thermodynamical aspects of the 3D Lifshitz black hole

We consider scalar and spinorial perturbations on a background described by a $z=3$ three-dimensional Lifshitz black hole. We obtained the corresponding quasinormal modes which perfectly agree with the analytical result for the quasinormal frequency in the scalar case. The numerical results for the spinorial perturbations reinforce our conclusion on the stability of the model under these perturbations. We also calculate the area spectrum, which prove to be equally spaced, as an application of our results.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures. Prepared for "Recent Developments in Gravity (NEB XV)", Chania, Greece, 20-23 June 201

Three dimensional Lifshitz black hole and the Korteweg-de Vries equation

We consider a solution of three dimensional New Massive Gravity with a negative cosmological constant and use the AdS/CTF correspondence to inquire about the equivalent two dimensional model at the boundary. We conclude that there should be a close relation with the Korteweg-de Vries equation.Comment: 4 page

Domain size heterogeneity in the Ising model: geometrical and thermal transitions

A measure of cluster size heterogeneity ($H$), introduced by Lee et al [Phys. Rev. E {\bf 84}, 020101 (2011)] in the context of explosive percolation, was recently applied to random percolation and to domains of parallel spins in the Ising and Potts models. It is defined as the average number of different domain sizes in a given configuration and a new exponent was introduced to explain its scaling with the size of the system. In thermal spin models, however, physical clusters take into account the temperature-dependent correlation between neighboring spins and encode the critical properties of the phase transition. We here extend the measure of $H$ to these clusters and, moreover, present new results for the geometric domains for both $d=2$ and 3. We show that the heterogeneity associated with geometric domains has a previously unnoticed double peak, thus being able to detect both the thermal and percolative transition. An alternative interpretation for the scaling of $H$ that does not introduce a new exponent is also proposed.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure

On a Sobolev-type inequality and its minimizers

Critical Sobolev-type inequality for a class of weighted Sobolev spaces on the entire space is established. We also investigate the existence of extremal function for the associated variational problem. As an application, we prove the existence of a weak solution for a general class of critical semilinear elliptic equations related to the polyharmonic operator