Exceptional points and near-extremal boundary response in rotating BTZ black holes
We investigate whether the coalescence of long-lived quasinormal modes enhances the boundary response of rotating BTZ black holes. Using exact scalar solutions with mixed Robin boundary conditions and the retarded boundary correlator, we compare frequency-domain resonances and time-domain signals at fixed source and operator normalizations. An exceptional point (EP) can be crossed by varying the spin alone in a suitably selected fixed theory. Along a distinct near-extremal path that tracks the co-rotating EP surface by tuning the scalar mass and boundary coupling, a taller, narrower resonance coexists with a weaker but longer-lasting double-pole impulse response. The frequency-domain enhancement persists away from the EP and is therefore not unique to mode coalescence. Thus, the EP determines the double-pole structure and Jordan relaxation, but does not by itself determine the response strength, which also depends on the physical path and excitation protocol.