A note on scalar field theory in AdS₃/CFT₂

DOI10.1142/S0217751X10048500zbMATH Open1193.81090arXiv0902.3835MaRDI QIDQ3583161FDOQ3583161

Authors: Pablo Minces 

Publication date: 26 August 2010

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a scalar field theory in AdS_{d+1}, and introduce a formalism on surfaces at equal values of the radial coordinate. In particular, we define the corresponding conjugate momentum. We compute the Noether currents for isometries in the bulk, and perform the asymptotic limit on the corresponding charges. We then introduce Poisson brackets at the border, and show that the asymptotic values of the bulk scalar field and the conjugate momentum transform as conformal fields of scaling dimensions Delta_{-} and Delta_{+}, respectively, where Delta_{pm} are the standard parameters giving the asymptotic behavior of the scalar field in AdS. Then we consider the case d=2, where we obtain two copies of the Virasoro algebra, with vanishing central charge at the classical level. An AdS_3/CFT_2 prescription, giving the commutators of the boundary CFT in terms of the Poisson brackets at the border, arises in a natural way. We find that the boundary CFT is similar to a generalized ghost system. We introduce two different ground states, and then compute the normal ordering constants and quantum central charges, which depend on the mass of the scalar field and the AdS radius. We discuss certain implications of the results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3835

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zbMATH Keywords

AdS/CFT correspondenceduality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supergravity (83E50)

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