Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2012-03-29
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
29 pages, 12 figures
Scientific paper
One may ask whether the CFT restricted to a subset b of the AdS boundary has a well-defined dual restricted to a subset H(b) of the bulk geometry. The Poincare patch is an example, but more general choices of b can be considered. We propose a geometric construction of H. We argue that H should contain the set C of causal curves with both endpoints on b. Yet H should not reach so far from the boundary that the CFT has insufficient degrees of freedom to describe it. This can be guaranteed by constructing a superset of H from light-sheets off boundary slices and invoking the covariant entropy bound in the bulk. The simplest covariant choice is L, the intersection of L^+ and L^-, where L^+ (L^-) is the union of all future-directed (past-directed) light-sheets. We prove that C=L, so the holographic domain is completely determined by our assumptions: H=C=L. In situations where local bulk operators can be constructed on b, H is closely related to the set of bulk points where this construction remains unambiguous under modifications of the CFT Hamiltonian outside of b. Our construction leads to a covariant geometric RG flow. We comment on the description of black hole interiors and cosmological regions via AdS/CFT.
Bousso Raphael
Leichenauer Stefan
Rosenhaus Vladimir
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