Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-03-26
Phys.Rev. D64 (2001) 085012
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
24 pages, LaTeX, no figures; references added, typos corrected, paragraph added to section 6
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.64.085012
A quantum-field theoretical interpretation is given to the holographic RG equation by relating it to a field-theoretical local RG equation which determines how Weyl invariance is broken in a quantized field theory. Using this approach we determine the relation between the holographic C theorem and the C theorem in two-dimensional quantum field theory which relies on the Zamolodchikov metric. Similarly we discuss how in four dimensions the holographic C function is related to a conjectured field-theoretical C function. The scheme dependence of the holographic RG due to the possible presence of finite local counterterms is discussed in detail, as well as its implications for the holographic C function. We also discuss issues special to the situation when mass deformations are present. Furthermore we suggest that the holographic RG equation may also be obtained from a bulk diffeomorphism which reduces to a Weyl transformation on the boundary.
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