Timelike BKL singularities and chaos in AdS/CFT

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/12/125020zbMATH Open1342.83259arXiv1601.02599OpenAlexW2255462675MaRDI QIDQ2994615FDOQ2994615

Edgar Shaghoulian, Huajia Wang

Publication date: 2 August 2016

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the nature of a family of curvature singularities which are precisely the timelike cousins of the spacelike singularities studied by Belinski, Khalatnikov, and Lifshitz (BKL). We show that the approach to the singularity can be modeled by a billiard ball problem on hyperbolic space, just as in the case of BKL. For pure gravity, generic chaotic behavior is retained in (3+1) dimensions, and we provide evidence that it disappears in higher dimensions. We speculate that such singularities, if occurring in AdS/CFT and of the chaotic variety, may be interpreted as (transient) chaotic renormalization group flows which exhibit features reminiscent of chaotic duality cascades.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.02599

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zbMATH Keywords

chaossingularities in general relativityAdS/CFTBKL singularitychaotic renormalization group flowKac-Moody billiardstimelike singularities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20)

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