Quasinormal modes, temperatures and greybody factors of black holes in a generalized Rastall gravity theory

Abstract

We introduce a modification in the energy-momentum conservation violating Rastall’s theory of gravity and obtain a Reissner-Nordström-type black hole solution in spacetime surrounded by a cloud of strings and charge fields. We examine the horizons of the black hole along with the influence of the parameters of the model on it. The scalar quasinormal modes (QNMs) of oscillations of the black hole are also computed using the 6th order WKB approximation method. It is seen that the Rastall parameter β and the newly introduced energy-momentum tensor trace parameter α as well as the charge parameter q and strings field parameter a influence the amplitude and damping of the QNMs. From the metric function, we obtain the temperature of the black hole and study the effects of the four model parameters β, α, q and a on the temperature. We then examine the greybody factors associated with the black hole and the corresponding total absorption cross-section for it. It is seen that the modification we introduced in the Rastall theory has a drastic effect on various properties of the black hole and may lead to interesting outcomes in future when better detection techniques will be available with the LISA and the Einstein Telescope.