In this paper, we evaluated the quasinormal modes of electromagnetic
perturbation in a Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by the static spherically
symmetric quintessence by using the third-order WKB approximation when the
quintessential state parameter wq in the range of −1/3<wq<0. Due to
the presence of quintessence, Maxwell field damps more slowly. And when at
−1<wq<−1/3, it is similar to the black hole solution in the ds/Ads
spacetime. The appropriate boundary conditions need to be modified.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure