Eur. Phys. J. C (2012) 72: 2186
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2186-8

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Absorption cross section in Lifshitz black hole

¹ Center for Quantum Space-Time, Sogang University, Seoul, 121-742, Korea
² Institute of Basic Science and School of Computer Aided Science, Inje University, Gimhae, 621-749, Korea

^* e-mail: ysmyung@inje.ac.kr

Received: 20 June 2012
Published online: 17 October 2012

Abstract

We derive the absorption cross section of a minimally coupled scalar in the Lifshitz black hole obtained from the new massive gravity. The absorption cross section reduces to the horizon area in the low-energy and massless limits of scalar propagation, indicating that the Lifshitz black hole also satisfies the universality of low-energy absorption cross section for black holes.