Flat-space quantum gravity in the correspondence
Abstract
Motivated by the task of understanding microscopic dynamics of an evolving black hole, we present a scheme describing gauge-fixed continuous time evolution of quantum gravitational processes in asymptotically flat spacetime using the algebra of conformal field theory operators. This allows us to study the microscopic dynamics of the Hawking emission process, although obtaining a full S-matrix may require a modification of the minimal scheme. The role of the operator product expansion is to physically interpret the resulting time evolution by decomposing the Hilbert space of the states for the entire system into those for smaller subsystems. We translate the picture of an evaporating black hole previously proposed by the authors into predictions for nonperturbative properties of the conformal field theories that have weakly coupled dual gravitational descriptions. Finally, we also discuss a possible relationship between the present scheme and a reference frame change in the bulk.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, Dept. of Physics; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Theoretical Physics Group
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1430668
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1242875
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; PHY-1214644; PHY-1521446; 15H05895
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Citation Formats
Nomura, Yasunori, Sanches, Fabio, and Weinberg, Sean J. Flat-space quantum gravity in the AdS/CFT correspondence. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.064049.
Nomura, Yasunori, Sanches, Fabio, & Weinberg, Sean J. Flat-space quantum gravity in the AdS/CFT correspondence. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.064049
Nomura, Yasunori, Sanches, Fabio, and Weinberg, Sean J. 2016.
"Flat-space quantum gravity in the AdS/CFT correspondence". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.064049. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1430668.
@article{osti_1430668,
title = {Flat-space quantum gravity in the AdS/CFT correspondence},
author = {Nomura, Yasunori and Sanches, Fabio and Weinberg, Sean J.},
abstractNote = {Motivated by the task of understanding microscopic dynamics of an evolving black hole, we present a scheme describing gauge-fixed continuous time evolution of quantum gravitational processes in asymptotically flat spacetime using the algebra of conformal field theory operators. This allows us to study the microscopic dynamics of the Hawking emission process, although obtaining a full S-matrix may require a modification of the minimal scheme. The role of the operator product expansion is to physically interpret the resulting time evolution by decomposing the Hilbert space of the states for the entire system into those for smaller subsystems. We translate the picture of an evaporating black hole previously proposed by the authors into predictions for nonperturbative properties of the conformal field theories that have weakly coupled dual gravitational descriptions. Finally, we also discuss a possible relationship between the present scheme and a reference frame change in the bulk.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.93.064049},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1430668},
journal = {Physical Review D},
issn = {2470-0010},
number = 6,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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