Quasinormal modes of stringy black holes

String theory is a promising candidate for a fundamental quantum theory of all interactions including Einstein gravity. Some solutions in string theory can be interpreted as black holes. Using the semi-analytic method and WKB method, the quasinormal modes (QNMs) of (1 + 1)-dimensional black hole in string theory are studied. The QNMs of (1 + 3)-dimensional black hole in string theory are also calculated through numerical approach. The numerical investigation has shown that the late time gravitational oscillation of the black hole under an external perturbation is dominated by certain QNMs. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.