Mass in anti-de Sitter spaces

Journal Article · Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.064021· OSTI ID:20713554

Liu, James T; Sabra, W A ^[1]

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1. Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, Randall Laboratory of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040 (United States)

The boundary stress tensor approach has proven extremely useful in defining mass and angular momentum in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spaces with CFT duals. An integral part of this method is the use of boundary counterterms to regulate the gravitational action and stress tensor. In the presence of matter, however, ambiguities may arise that are related to the addition of possible finite counterterms. We demonstrate this explicitly for R-charged black holes in AdS{sub 5}, where introduction of a finite counterterm proportional to {phi}{sup 2} is necessary to properly reproduce the expected mass/charge relation for the black holes.

• OSTI ID: 20713554
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 72, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.064021; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
BLACK HOLES
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE
DE SITTER GROUP
GRAVITATION
MASS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SPACE
STRESSES
TENSORS