A Note on Black Holes in Asymptotically Lifshitz Spacetime

Abstract

We investigate several aspects of exact black hole solutions in asymptotically Lifshitz spacetime. Firstly, we calculate the tidal forces and find that in the near horizon region of such black hole backgrounds, the tidal forces diverge in the near extremal limit. Secondly, we evaluate the Wilson loops in both extremal and finite temperature cases. Finally, we obtain the corresponding shear viscosity and square of the sound speed and find that the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density takes the universal value 1/4π in arbitrary dimensions while the square of the speed of sound saturates the conjectured bound 1/3 in five dimensions.