Holographic phase space: c-functions and black holes as renormalization group flows

DOI10.1007/JHEP05(2011)043zbMATH Open1296.81111arXiv1101.5993WikidataQ59265557 ScholiaQ59265557MaRDI QIDQ457464FDOQ457464

Miguel F. Paulos

Publication date: 26 September 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We construct a $mathcalN$-function for Lovelock theories of gravity, which yields a holographic $c$-function in domain-wall backgrounds, and seemingly generalizes the concept for black hole geometries. A flow equation equates the monotonicity properties of $mathcalN$ with the gravitational field, which has opposite signs in the domain-wall and black hole backgrounds, due to the presence of negative/positive energy in the former/latter, and accordingly $mathcalN$ monotonically decreases/increases from the UV to the IR. On $AdS$ spaces the $mathcalN$-function is related to the Euler anomaly, and at a black hole horizon it is generically proportional to the entropy. For planar black holes, $mathcalN$ diverges at the horizon, which we interpret as an order $N^2$ increase in the number of effective degrees of freedom. We show how $mathcalN$ can be written as the ratio of the Wald entropy to an effective phase space volume, and using the flow equation relate this to Verlinde's notion of gravity as an entropic force. From the effective phase space we can obtain an expression for the dual field theory momentum cut-off, matching a previous proposal in the literature by Polchinski and Heemskerk. Finally, we propose that the area in Planck units counts states, not degrees of freedom, and identify it also as a phase space volume. Written in terms of the proper radial distance $$, it takes the suggestive form of a canonical partition function at inverse temperature $$, leading to a "mean energy" which is simply the extrinsic curvature of the surface. Using this we relate this definition of holographic phase space with the effective phase space appearing in the $mathcalN$-function.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5993

zbMATH Keywords

renormalization groupblack holesclassical theories of gravityAdS-CFT correspondence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) 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) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Black holes (83C57) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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