Looking for (and not finding) a bulk brane
Abstract When does a holographic CFT with a boundary added to it (a BCFT) also have a ‘good’ holographic dual with a localized gravitating end-of-the-world brane? We argue that the answer to this question is almost never. By studying Lorentzian BCFT correlators, we characterize constraints imposed o...
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| author | Wyatt Reeves Moshe Rozali Petar Simidzija James Sully Christopher Waddell David Wakeham |
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| description | Abstract When does a holographic CFT with a boundary added to it (a BCFT) also have a ‘good’ holographic dual with a localized gravitating end-of-the-world brane? We argue that the answer to this question is almost never. By studying Lorentzian BCFT correlators, we characterize constraints imposed on a BCFT by the existence of a bulk causal structure. We argue that approximate ‘bulk brane’ singularities place restrictive constraints on the spectrum of a BCFT that are not expected to be true generically. We discuss how similar constraints implied by bulk causality might apply in higher-dimensional holographic descriptions of BCFTs involving a degenerating internal space. We suggest (although do not prove) that even these higher-dimensional holographic duals are not generic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bbb80bba75ed44b58e0b8f9ef7a57e3d2022-12-21T21:32:31ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792021-12-0120211214610.1007/JHEP12(2021)002Looking for (and not finding) a bulk braneWyatt Reeves0Moshe Rozali1Petar Simidzija2James Sully3Christopher Waddell4David Wakeham5Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British ColumbiaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of British ColumbiaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of British ColumbiaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of British ColumbiaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of British ColumbiaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of British ColumbiaAbstract When does a holographic CFT with a boundary added to it (a BCFT) also have a ‘good’ holographic dual with a localized gravitating end-of-the-world brane? We argue that the answer to this question is almost never. By studying Lorentzian BCFT correlators, we characterize constraints imposed on a BCFT by the existence of a bulk causal structure. We argue that approximate ‘bulk brane’ singularities place restrictive constraints on the spectrum of a BCFT that are not expected to be true generically. We discuss how similar constraints implied by bulk causality might apply in higher-dimensional holographic descriptions of BCFTs involving a degenerating internal space. We suggest (although do not prove) that even these higher-dimensional holographic duals are not generic.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2021)002AdS-CFT CorrespondenceConformal Field Theory |
| spellingShingle | Wyatt Reeves Moshe Rozali Petar Simidzija James Sully Christopher Waddell David Wakeham Looking for (and not finding) a bulk brane Journal of High Energy Physics AdS-CFT Correspondence Conformal Field Theory |
| title | Looking for (and not finding) a bulk brane |
| title_full | Looking for (and not finding) a bulk brane |
| title_fullStr | Looking for (and not finding) a bulk brane |
| title_full_unstemmed | Looking for (and not finding) a bulk brane |
| title_short | Looking for (and not finding) a bulk brane |
| title_sort | looking for and not finding a bulk brane |
| topic | AdS-CFT Correspondence Conformal Field Theory |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2021)002 |
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