Wilson loops and wormholes
Abstract We analyse the properties of Wilson loop observables for holographic gauge theories, when the dual bulk geometries have a single and/or multiple boundaries (Euclidean spacetime wormholes). Such observables lead to a generalisation and refinement of the characterisation in [1] based on the c...
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| description | Abstract We analyse the properties of Wilson loop observables for holographic gauge theories, when the dual bulk geometries have a single and/or multiple boundaries (Euclidean spacetime wormholes). Such observables lead to a generalisation and refinement of the characterisation in [1] based on the compressibility of cycles and the pinching limit of higher genus Riemann surfaces, since they carry information about the dynamics and phase structure of the dual gauge theory of an arbitrary dimensionality. Finally, we describe how backreacting correlated observables such as Wilson loops can lead to wormhole saddles in the dual gravitational path integral, by taking advantage of a representation theoretic entanglement structure proposed in [13, 15]. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c3d412002f04f6789663bfdaaee46a42024-03-17T12:12:24ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792024-03-012024312610.1007/JHEP03(2024)066Wilson loops and wormholesPanos Betzios0Olga Papadoulaki1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British ColumbiaPerimeter Institute for Theoretical PhysicsAbstract We analyse the properties of Wilson loop observables for holographic gauge theories, when the dual bulk geometries have a single and/or multiple boundaries (Euclidean spacetime wormholes). Such observables lead to a generalisation and refinement of the characterisation in [1] based on the compressibility of cycles and the pinching limit of higher genus Riemann surfaces, since they carry information about the dynamics and phase structure of the dual gauge theory of an arbitrary dimensionality. Finally, we describe how backreacting correlated observables such as Wilson loops can lead to wormhole saddles in the dual gravitational path integral, by taking advantage of a representation theoretic entanglement structure proposed in [13, 15].https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2024)066AdS-CFT CorrespondenceMatrix ModelsWilson, ’t Hooft and Polyakov loops |
| spellingShingle | Panos Betzios Olga Papadoulaki Wilson loops and wormholes Journal of High Energy Physics AdS-CFT Correspondence Matrix Models Wilson, ’t Hooft and Polyakov loops |
| title | Wilson loops and wormholes |
| title_full | Wilson loops and wormholes |
| title_fullStr | Wilson loops and wormholes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wilson loops and wormholes |
| title_short | Wilson loops and wormholes |
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| topic | AdS-CFT Correspondence Matrix Models Wilson, ’t Hooft and Polyakov loops |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2024)066 |
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